Dolorous
Dolorous adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: dolorous ballads of death and regret
Heartbroken and dolorous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heartbroken" instead an adjective "Dolorous".
Heartbroken
Heartbroken adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: not as heartbroken over missing out on the trip to New York as I thought she would be
Dolorous and heartbroken are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dolorous" instead an adjective "Heartbroken". literary substitute
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and dolorous
- melancholy and heartbroken
- woeful and dolorous
- woeful and heartbroken
- dejected and dolorous
- dejected and heartbroken
- sad and dolorous
- sad and heartbroken
- miserable and dolorous
- miserable and heartbroken
- despondent and dolorous
- despondent and heartbroken
- desolate and dolorous
- desolate and heartbroken
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