doleful Play adjectiveExpressing sorrow; mournful. SYNONYMS bluecrestfallendejecteddepresseddesolatedespairingdespondentdisconsolatedismaldolorousdowndown in the dumpsdown in the mouthdowncastdownheartedforlorngloomygrief-strickenheartbrokenheartsickheartsoreheavy-heartedlachrymosemelancholymiserablemorosemournfulsadsorrowfultearfultearyunhappyweepywoebegonewoefulwretched