All dolent synonyms
ad part. dolent.
D d adj dolent
- grieving β to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- anguished β Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- heartrending β causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- affecting β If you describe something such as a story or a piece of music as affecting, you think it is good because it makes you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity.
- sorry β feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
- sombre β gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- miserable β wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- tearful β full of tears; weeping.
- unhappy β sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- heavy-hearted β sorrowful; melancholy; dejected.
- hurting β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- afflicted β to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- cheerless β Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
- crestfallen β If you look crestfallen, you look sad and disappointed about something.
- dejected β If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- depressed β If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- dismal β causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- dispirited β discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- distressing β great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- dolorous β full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
- down β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- downcast β directed downward, as the eyes.
- downhearted β dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- dreary β causing sadness or gloom.
- forlorn β desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- funereal β of or suitable for a funeral.
- gloomy β dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- lamentable β that is to be lamented; regrettable; unfortunate: a lamentable decision.
- lugubrious β mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- melancholy β sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- painful β affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- piteous β evoking or deserving pity; pathetic: piteous cries for help.
- pitiful β evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
- plaintive β expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
- rueful β causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable: a rueful plight.
- sad β Systems Analysis Definition
- somber β gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- sorrowful β full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
- woebegone β beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance.
- woeful β full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation.
- wretched β very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- grieving β to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- calamitous β If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- deplorable β If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- dire β causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- doleful β sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face.
adjective dolent
- depressing β Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
- dirgeful β Having the qualities of a dirge; moaning.