Synonyms for dolor
- noun
- American English
Most common
All synonyms
Noun
1. Pain — anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow
pain, sorrow, sadness, grief, distress, unhappiness, joylessness, infelicity, unjoy
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.
Related words
- Word family
- dol dole dolorific dolorimeter dolorous dolorously
- Other spellings
- dolour UK
Forms
- Plural
- dolors → pains, sorrows, sadnesses, griefs…
Example sentences
- pain By and large, women can bear pain better than men.
- sadness There was also an irrefutable sadness in his eyes.
- sorrow To my sorrow, my father cannot attend the meeting.
- unhappiness This created a lot of unhappiness in Yanni's life.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dolor | rising | |
| pain | rising | |
| sadness | rising | |
| sorrow | rising | |
| unhappiness | rising | |
| dol | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- dol1
- 4 letters
- pain1
- 5 letters
- grief1, unjoy
- 6 letters
- sorrow2
- 7 letters
- sadness2
- 8 letters
- distress2
- 10 letters
- infelicity
- 11 letters
- unhappiness4, joylessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sorrow2 = 2 syllables).