doleful

doleful is a 7-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
2. adjective. filled with or evoking sadness

   "the child's doleful expression"

   "stared with mournful eyes"

   Synonyms: mournful

Synonyms

mournful

Common word forms

dolefuls, dolefully, dolefuller, dolefullest, dolefulness

Words from these letters

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