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dole·ful /ˈdəʊlfəl $ ˈdoʊl-/ adjective formal SAD/UNHAPPYvery sad 哀伤的 a doleful song about lost love 一首关于逝去的爱情的哀歌 —dolefully adverbExamples from the Corpusdoleful• Baudelaire curled up on the chintz sofa and looked doleful.• Everyman wasn't as comprehensive and incisive as it might have been, but it was an intriguing, doleful documentary none the less.• a doleful look• There was never anything sophisticated or subtle about the doleful northerner but boy, could he make you laugh.• Yet the reading appeared to bring Emilia a kind of doleful peace.• So it was doubly doleful to me.Origin doleful (1200-1300) dole “sadness” ((13-19 centuries)), from Latin dolere “to be sad”dole·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable Corpus sad very |