English to Afrikaans Meaning of doleful - droewe


Doleful :
droewe

droewe, pynlike, angs, pateties, hartseer, elegiese, jammerlike, miserabel, droewige, droefgeestig, bedroef, begrafnis

droewedolefullydolefulness
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Definitions of doleful in English
Adjective(1) filled with or evoking sadness
Examples of doleful in English
(1) They're no less doleful when they see me going about alone.(2) There can be no joy in war: it is always repulsive in actual detail, but if we are not left with the facts, then the world is deprived even of doleful experience of the battlefield.(3) The final selection, ÔÇÿNight Prayers,ÔÇÖ is from Georgia, and has a doleful melody typical of traditional Russian music.(4) He said: ÔÇÿWe shall all miss her but it won't be a sad, doleful funeral.ÔÇÖ(5) The whole family filed into my surgery to thank me, bobbing and bowing, looking so doleful , then smiling.(6) Knowing nothing about my departure, the faithful animal still waited for me as usual, its eyes getting more doleful each day.(7) My parents' doleful reaction always struck me as odd.(8) Dream about snowflakes as the doleful synthesizers moan like winter winds.(9) In one, a lifelike depiction of a young man with doleful , melancholy eyes lies within the still, tightly bound wrappings of the mummy.(10) Bureaucracy plays its usual doleful part in the process, of course.(11) His voice, as doleful as his bloodhound eyes, is his trump card.(12) The old dilapidated building where the two women meet each other is made even more gloomy and doleful by an unexpected downpour.(13) His words filled hearts, turned eyes moist, and made many doleful as he saluted those who were not with us any longer as they laid down their lives for the country.(14) Instead, he wrote, played all the instruments, multi-tracked the doleful harmonies and produced this deceptively drifting solo project.(15) He looked at us searchingly, a doleful expression demanding our sympathy.(16) Apart from the house, only the doleful eyes of the writer are visible to the public in the caricature.
(1) dole out ::
bedeling uit
(2) be on the dole ::
wees op die bedeling
Synonyms
Adjective
1. mournful ::
droewige
2. woeful ::
ongelukkige
3. sorrowful ::
beswaard
4. sad ::
hartseer
5. unhappy ::
ongelukkig
6. depressed ::
depressief
7. gloomy ::
somber
8. morose ::
morose
9. melancholy ::
melancholie
10. miserable ::
miserabel
11. forlorn ::
hopeloos
12. wretched ::
ellendig
13. woebegone ::
ongeneeslik
14. despondent ::
moedeloos
15. dejected ::
moedeloos
16. disconsolate ::
somber
17. downcast ::
neergeslane
18. crestfallen ::
moedeloos
19. downhearted ::
neerslagtig
20. blue ::
blou
22. down in the dumps ::
terneergedruk
23. dolorous ::
droefgeestig
24. heartsick ::
moed verlorend
Antonyms
1. blissful ::
salig
2. buoyant ::
lewendig
3. cheerful ::
vrolike
4. cheery ::
vrolik
5. delighted ::
verheug
6. glad ::
bly
7. happy ::
gelukkig
8. jubilant ::
jubelende
9. sunny ::
sonnige
Different Forms
doleful, dolefully, dolefulness
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