Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

dolorous

 

very sorrowful

 

The dolorous expressions on the faces of the Tiny Tigers had nothing to do with their lopsided loss to the Happy Hippos and everything to do with the announcement that their favorite post-game haunt, the pizza parlor, was closed.

 

Related English words: doleful (sorrowful), dolor (sorrow, grief), dolorousness

 

Latin root word: dolor, doloris, m. - pain; sorrow

 

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