doleful
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++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 adverb
Examples from the Corpus
doleful• 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
doleful
dole‧ful /ˈdəʊlfəl $ ˈdoʊl-/
adjective formal
a doleful song about lost love
—dolefully adverb
dole‧ful /ˈdəʊlfəl $ ˈdoʊl-/
adjective formal Date: 1200-1300
Origin: dole 'sadness' (13-19 centuries), from Latin dolere 'to be sad'
very sad:Origin: dole 'sadness' (13-19 centuries), from Latin dolere 'to be sad'
—dolefully adverb