dolorous

• adj. 忧伤的；悲痛的

来自拉丁语dolor, 悲伤，词源同condole, doleful.

1. showing sorrow

dolorous (adj.)

c. 1400, "causing pain," from Old French doloros (12c., Modern French douloureux) "painful, sorrowful, wretched," from Late Latin dolorosus "painful, sorrowful," from Latin dolor "pain, grief." Sense of "causing grief" is from mid-15c.; that of "full of sorrow" is from 1510s. Related: Dolorously; dolorousness.