What is another word for doleful?
249 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ d_ˈəʊ_l_f_əl], [ dˈə͡ʊlfə͡l], [ dˈəʊlfəl]Table of Contents
Similar words for doleful:- black (adjective)
- dark (adjective)
- dejected (adjective)
- despondent (adjective)
- disconsolate (adjective)
- dismal (adjective)
- doleful (adjective)
- dolorous (adjective)
- downcast (adjective)
- lamenting (adjective)
- lugubrious (adjective)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Definition for Doleful:
Synonyms for Doleful:
adj.
•black (adjective) •dark (adjective) •dejected (adjective)- low-spirited,
- cast down,
- atrabilious,
- despondent,
- droopy,
- low,
- wretched,
- Mopish,
- glum,
- disheartened,
- discouraged.
n.
Other synonyms:
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- grievous,
- regrettable.
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- woebegone,
- rueful,
- deplorable.
- unhappily,
- Doloroso,
- blues,
- overwhelmed,
- Moping,
- grave,
- Mumpish,
- tearful,
- drear,
- regretful,
- cry for,
- pessimistic,
- Desponding,
- upset,
- out of humor,
- sober,
- pathetically,
- sulky,
- cry,
- heart-broken,
- sour,
- misfortune,
- Darksome,
- expressing sorrow,
- gloom,
- stirring,
- despondency,
- dolefully,
- in low spirits,
- sullen,
- splenetic,
- Saddened,
- despondently,
- distress,
- aching,
- wretchedly,
- lovesick,
- admire,
- devastated,
- in the dumps,
- Star-crossed,
- funeral,
- depression,
- pitiable,
- agonized,
- heavy-laden,
- affliction,
- agony,
- jaundiced,
- lachrymose,
- moving,
- saturnine,
- weeping,
- serious,
- sadly,
- discomfort,
- despair,
- chopfallen,
- grieve for,
- stricken,
- bilious,
- disappointment,
- distressful,
- unlucky,
- mournfully,
- heart-breaking,
- brokenhearted,
- Sorrowed,
- sorrowfully,
- Dumpish,
- affecting,
- discontented,
- sorrowing,
- wretchedness,
- Bewailing,
- somberly,
- dour,
- ruefully,
- fret,
- dejection,
- pitifully,
- out of spirits,
- tristful,
- grim-faced,
- sorry,
- Broken-hearted,
- keen,
- penseroso,
- pathetic,
- overcome,
- forlornly,
- troublous,
- ill at ease,
- deplore,
- sinking,
- condole,
- melancholic,
- poignant,
- dejectedly,
- sadness,
- commiserate,
- unfortunately,
- careworn,
- woefully,
- lamentably,
- aggrieved,
- dolour,
- in grief,
- touching,
- pessimism,
- sepulchral,
- prostrate,
- subfusc,
- pensive,
- louring,
- mourn,
- plangent,
- anguish,
- wistful,
- grumble,
- miserably,
- pensively,
- Griefful,
- grievously,
- encourage,
- lackadaisical,
- in tears,
- affective,
- piteously,
- consider,
- gloomily,
- complain,
- bitterness,
- Subfuscous,
- bitter,
- hapless,
- weary,
- emotive,
- Deploring,
- misery,
- heavy-hearted,
- grieve,
- chap-fallen,
- hypochondriacal,
- bittersweet,
- Grieved,
- carry on,
- solemn,
- droop,
- dolefulness,
- desolation,
- emotional,
- grim,
- Lacrymose,
- gloominess.
Antonyms for Doleful:
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adj.
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black
hopeful, optimistic.
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dark
brilliant, bright, encouraging, shining.
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dejected
encouraged, joyous.
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dolorous
cheery.
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dreary
clear.
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Other antonyms:
sanguine, thrilled, zippy, rejoicing, unconcerned, cavalier, gladdened, buoyant, bouncing, grinning, vivacious, jubilant, insouciant, energetic, upbeat, lighthearted, peppy, sprightly, frisky, jaunty, animated, exulting, gladsome, exuberant, cheering, beaming, happy-go-lucky, springy, boon, content, devil-may-care, exultant, easygoing, carefree, triumphant, rosy, lightsome, careless, smiling, lively, Buoyed, perky, overjoyed, vital, excited, Sprightful, chipper.
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black
