adjective
- sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face.
adjective
- dreary; mournfulArchaic word: dolesome (ˈdəʊlsəm)
late 13c., with -ful, from Middle English dole “grief” (early 13c.), from Old French doel (Modern French deuil), from Late Latin dolus “grief,” from Latin dolere “suffer, grieve.” Related: Dolefully.