Doleful and Heady
Opposite meaning words
Doleful
Doleful adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: a doleful expression on their faces as they said good-bye to the friends they had made over the summer
Nearby Word: dolefully
Heady
Heady adjective - Experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion.
Usage example: still heady from his election win, he announced his first cabinet appointments
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Heady and Doleful. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/doleful/heady
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