What is another word for doleful?
200 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ d_ˈəʊ_l_f_əl], [ dˈə͡ʊlfə͡l], [ dˈəʊlfəl]Table of Contents
Similar words for doleful:- all (adjective)
- black (adjective)
- dark (adjective)
- dejected (adjective)
- despondent (adjective)
- disconsolate (adjective)
- dismal (adjective)
- doleful (adjective)
- dolorous (adjective)
- downcast (adjective)
- dreary (adjective)
- elegiac (adjective)
- funereal (adjective)
- heartbroken (adjective)
- heartrending (adjective)
- piteous (adjective)
- plaintive (adjective)
- sad (adjective)
- somber (adjective)
- sorrowful (adjective)
- tragic (adjective)
- woebegone (adjective)
- woeful (adjective)
- sad (noun)
- other synonyms
Definition for Doleful:
Synonyms for Doleful:
adj.
•all (adjective) •black (adjective)- sinister,
- gloomy,
- atrocious,
- dispiriting,
- sombre,
- foreboding,
- horrible,
- oppressive,
- depressing,
- threatening,
- sombrer,
- depressive,
- ominous.
- morbid,
- drab,
- morose,
- unpropitious.
- disheartened,
- low,
- in the pits,
- Dragged,
- Dampened,
- abject,
- spiritless,
- Mopish,
- hurting,
- atrabilious,
- droopy,
- sagging,
- dashed,
- cast down,
- broody,
- mopey,
- glum,
- drooping,
- down in the dumps,
- clouded,
- all torn up,
- wretched,
- discouraged,
- despondent,
- bummed out,
- shot down,
- low-spirited.
- distressed,
- ripped,
- bad,
- blue,
- crushed,
- destroyed,
- grief-stricken,
- inconsolable,
- desolate,
- comfortless,
- cold.
- overcast,
- ghastly,
- disagreeable,
- tedious,
- murky,
- unfortunate,
- horrid,
- dull,
- lonesome,
- frowning,
- dim,
- afflictive,
- lowering,
- monotonous,
- inauspicious,
- disheartening,
- unhappy,
- shadowy,
- tenebrous,
- troublesome,
- gruesome,
- boring,
- dingy,
- cloudy,
- discouraging.
- crestfallen,
- distressing,
- downhearted,
- dispirited,
- down,
- funereal,
- cheerless,
- Dirgeful,
- somber,
- pitiful,
- forlorn,
- depressed,
- sad,
- grieving,
- down in the mouth,
- painful.
- oppressed,
- weighed down,
- singing the blues,
- sunk,
- daunted,
- dismayed,
- troubled,
- chapfallen,
- down-in-the-mouth,
- disappointed,
- heartsick,
- listless.
- uninteresting,
- pedestrian,
- blah,
- humdrum,
- wearisome,
- lonely,
- raw,
- uneventful,
- colorless,
- windy,
- wintry,
- damp,
- routine.
- most entreating,
- most commiserable,
- most imploring,
- more beseeching,
- most supplicating,
- most beseeching,
- more commiserable,
- more entreating,
- more imploring,
- more supplicating.
- most bellyaching,
- wailing,
- most grousing,
- more wailing,
- most wailing,
- more beefing,
- more bellyaching,
- more grousing,
- most beefing.
n.
•sad (noun)Other synonyms:
-
•
- grievous,
- regrettable.
-
•
- woebegone,
- rueful,
- deplorable.
Antonyms for Doleful:
-
adj.
-
black
hopeful, optimistic.
-
dark
brilliant, bright, encouraging, shining.
-
dejected
encouraged, joyous.
-
dolorous
cheery.
-
dreary
clear.
-
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.
-
black
Doleful Sentence Examples:
-
There was doleful regret in his tones.
-
It must be fun to count them out, With One for You and One for Me; And yet it stays so doleful there, - For all the People going by, - And breathing frosty on the air, Like something trying not to cry.
