Whenever we hear news about somebody’s death, it is something very doleful. Death of dev anand saheb was doleful news for all his fans.
Pronunciation: dohl-fuhl
Meanings of Doleful:
1. Filled with or evoking sadness
2. Mournful
3. Causing grief
4. Sorrowful
Master’s tip to learn Doleful:
Whenever a girl has to sit in DOLI to go to her in laws’ house after marriage, she is DOLEFUL/ Sorrowful. We can remember doleful from that.
Sentence Examples for Doleful:
1. Burnished doves moan their doleful love songs and young men’s fancies turn.
2. For amid all the doleful news, there is a hopeful tide.
3. My daughter sat down at the piano to play something doleful.
Good example, but they don’t have Dolis anymore 😛