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Dolor
Pain; grief; distress; anguish.
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Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self o…
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Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang.
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Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.
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Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.
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Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.
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