Synonyms for dolesome
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
doleful, dark, miserable, unhappy, gloomy, dismal, cheerless, depressing, moody, grim, bleak, melancholy, wretched, desolate, dreary, somber US, sombre UK, forlorn, dejected, mournful, sorrowful, woeful, despondent, glum, joyless, sunless, disconsolate, lugubrious, woebegone, drear, uncheerful, triste rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Characterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy.
Example sentences
- miserable Tom is sitting on a park bench, looking miserable.
- unhappy We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.
- doleful My dog died yesterday, so I'm quite doleful.
By length
- 4 letters
- dark1, grim1, glum1
- 5 letters
- moody2, bleak1, drear
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, dismal2, dreary2, somber2, sombre, woeful2, triste
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, forlorn2, joyless, sunless, doleful2
- 8 letters
- wretched2, desolate3, dejected3, mournful2
- 9 letters
- miserable4, sorrowful3, cheerless, woebegone3
- 10 letters
- depressing3, melancholy4, despondent3, lugubrious4, uncheerful
- 12 letters
- disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moody2 = 2 syllables).