dolorous
adjective/ˈdɒlərəs/
/ˈdəʊlərəs/
[usually before noun] (literary)- feeling or showing that you are very sadWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French doleros, from late Latin dolorosus, from Latin dolor ‘pain, grief’.
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