" dolefully "

1: with feelings of bitterness or grief;

  * e.g., " ... the novelist dolefully remarked that the proceeds from his last book would scarcely buy a dollhouse, let alone a real house "

•  Synonyms : 

•  agonizingly,

•  bitterly,

•  dolorously,

•  grievously,

•  hard,

•  hardly,

•  inconsolably,

•  lugubriously,

•  mournfully,

•  painfully,

•  plaintively,

•  regretfully,

•  resentfully,

•  ruefully,

•  sadly,

•  sorely,

•  sorrowfully,

•  unhappily,

•  wailfully,

•  woefully,

•  wretchedly

•  Antonyms : 

•  blissfully,

•  gladly,

•  happily,

•  joyfully,

•  joyously

1: expressing or suggesting mourning;

  * e.g., " ... a doleful expression on their faces as they said good-bye to the friends they had made over the summer "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aching,

•  agonized,

•  anguished,

•  bemoaning,

•  bewailing,

•  bitter,

•  deploring,

•  dolesome,

•  dolorous,

•  funeral,

•  grieving,

•  heartbroken,

•  lamentable,

•  lugubrious,

•  mournful,

•  plaintive,

•  plangent,

•  regretful,

•  rueful,

•  sorrowful,

•  sorry,

•  wailing,

•  weeping,

•  woeful

•  Antonyms : 

•  blissful,

•  buoyant,

•  buoyed,

•  cheerful,

•  cheery,

•  chipper,

•  delighted,

•  glad,

•  gladdened,

•  gladsome,

•  gleeful,

•  happy,

•  joyful,

•  joyous,

•  jubilant,

•  sunny,

•  upbeat

2: feeling unhappiness;

  * e.g., " ... the visibly doleful players, heartbroken about their loss "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bad,

•  blue,

•  brokenhearted,

•  cast down,

•  crestfallen,

•  dejected,

•  depressed,

•  despondent,

•  disconsolate,

•  down,

•  down in the mouth,

•  downcast,

•  downhearted,

•  droopy,

•  forlorn,

•  gloomy,

•  glum,

•  hangdog,

•  heartbroken,

•  heartsick,

•  heartsore,

•  heavyhearted,

•  inconsolable,

•  joyless,

•  low,

•  low-spirited,

•  melancholic,

•  melancholy,

•  miserable,

•  mournful,

•  sad,

•  saddened,

•  sorrowful,

•  sorry,

•  unhappy,

•  woebegone,

•  woeful,

•  wretched

•  Antonyms : 

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