dolorous Play adjectiveFeeling or expressing great sorrow or distress. SYNONYMS bluecrestfallendejecteddepresseddesolatedespairingdespondentdisconsolatedismaldolefuldowndown in the dumpsdown in the mouthdowncastdownheartedforlorngloomygrief-strickenheartbrokenheartsickheartsoreheavy-heartedlachrymosemelancholymiserablemorosemournfulsadsorrowfultearfultearyunhappyweepywoebegonewoefulwretched