Dolefulness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The character of being doleful; melancholy; gloominess; dismalness.
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noun.
The characteristic of being
doleful
;
sadness
.
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noun.
sadness caused by grief or affliction
Word Usage
"The howling continued for a long while, filling the air of that sombre night with a new kind of dolefulness and horror."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
sadness
unhappiness
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
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verb-stem
dole