Crossword clues for dolefulness
dolefulness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dolefulness
Doleful \Dole"ful\, a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
With screwed face and doleful whine.
--South.
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades.
--Milton.
Syn: Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. -- Dole"ful*ly, adv. -- Dole"ful*ness, n.
Wiktionary
dolefulness
n. The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
WordNet
dolefulness
n. sadness caused by grief or affliction
Usage examples of "dolefulness".
Not that nature was reinforcing the dolefulness, that old pathetic fallacy.