Doleful
Doleful adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Unfortunate and doleful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Doleful".
Nearby Word: dolefully
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Of a kind to cause great distress.
Usage example: an unfortunate choice of words that would later prove to be embarrassing for the talk show host
Doleful and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Doleful" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pitiful and doleful
- pitiful and unfortunate
- melancholy and doleful
- melancholy and unfortunate
- dismal and doleful
- dismal and unfortunate
- woeful and doleful
- woeful and unfortunate
- grievous and doleful
- grievous and unfortunate
- sad and doleful
- sad and unfortunate
- unhappy and doleful
- unhappy and unfortunate
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Unfortunate and Doleful. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/doleful/unfortunate
Doleful & Unfortunate. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/doleful/unfortunate>.
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