dolorous

1. 1.

   showing sorrow

   Synonymsdolourouslachrymosetearfulweeping

   Similarsorrowful

Questions about dolorous

What does dolorous mean?

dolorous means "showing sorrow".

How many syllables are in dolorous?

dolorous has 3 syllables: do-lo-rous. The stress falls on "do".

What is another word for dolorous?

Close synonyms include dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dolorous a common word?

dolorous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.