Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
adjective
- causing or involving pain or sorrow
c.1400, “causing pain,” from Old French doloros (12c., Modern French douloureux) “painful, sorrowful, wretched,” from Late Latin dolorosus “painful, sorrowful,” from Latin dolor “pain, grief.” Sense of “causing grief” is from mid-15c.; that of “full of sorrow” is from 1510s. Related: Dolorously; dolorousness.