n. [ OE. dolor, dolur, dolour, F. douleur, L. dolor, fr. dolere. See 1st Dole. ] Pain; grief; distress; anguish. [ Written also dolour. ] [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of death and dolor telling sad tidings. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dolor pain + -ferous. ] Producing pain. Whitaker.

{ } a. [ LL. dolorificus; L. dolor pain + facere to make. ] Causing pain or grief. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. & adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F. douloureux. See Dolor. ] 1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses. [ 1913 Webster ]

You take me in too dolorous a sense;
I spake to you for your comfort. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. Dr. H. More.

-- Dol"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Dol"or*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]