dolor
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈdoʊlər/
- Archaic
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dolor
- This is a theme that can be taken up while praying the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary or the little rosary of the seven dolors of Mary.
Examples
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The poet expressed his deep dolor over the loss of his beloved friend in the moving verses of his latest work.
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Dolor comes to him, indeed.
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To answer their dolor, do pharmaceutical companies act by trying them?
Blog text (23) -
Dolor (pain)
Blog text (4) -
Look at me, she wanted to tell him: look at me and say let's go! But try as she might, she couldn't pry him from his streakiness, his remorse, his private dolor.
Fiction book (1994) -
And in my days as Henry Age, I came to suffer a certain dolor arising from derangement of the bile, as my true work languished in a drawer, only sniffed at by my publisher.
Fiction book (1997) -
After hearing the heartbreaking news, she was overwhelmed by a profound sense of dolor that lingered for days.
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In art, themes of dolor often highlight the struggles and sorrows of the human condition.
Synonyms
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2.1
Deep sadness after you lose someone or something important
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3.7
A very strong feeling of sadness after a great loss
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6.5
A deep, quiet feeling or look of sadness
Deep, quiet sadness often caused by grief
A deep feeling of sadness about a loss
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dolor comes from the Latin verb dolere, which means 'to feel pain', and the Latin noun dolor meant 'pain' or 'sorrow'. Think of English words like condolence and doleful, which show sadness, so dolor today means deep, often poetic, sorrow or grief.