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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. sadness caused by grief or affliction; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Doleful \Dole"ful\, a.
   Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow;
   sorrowful; sad; dismal.
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         With screwed face and doleful whine.     --South.
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         Regions of sorrow, doleful shades.       --Milton.

   Syn: Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad
        gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. -- Dole"ful*ly,
        adv. -- Dole"ful*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dolefulness
    n 1: sadness caused by grief or affliction