doleful
How many syllables in doleful?
There are 2 syllables in the word doleful.How to pronounce doleful:
Synonyms for doleful:
aching
agonized
anguished
bitter
bleak
cheerless
crying
dark
depressed
depressing
dismal
distressing
dolorous
down in the mouth
dreary
forlorn
funeral
funereal
gloomy
grieving
heartbroken
lamentable
low
lugubrious
melancholy
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Antonyms for doleful:
above
admirable
advantageous
agreeable
airy
alert
amazing
amiable
amused
animate
animated
appreciative
as happy as a clam
as happy as a sandboy
as happy as larry
as pleased as punch
assured
assuring
at ease
at peace
auspicious
beaming
beatific
beautiful
beneficial
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- zooty
- schnitzel
- feng-shui
- crappy
- Xerxes
- upturned
- shyest
- macron
- disused
- year-round
- oxen
- blankets
- sidder
- rootwise
- maketh
- psycho
- mourning
- thudding
- abjure
- fulfill
- enrapt
- eirie
- chuckhole
- barest
- dotal
- unpack
- refine
- fixture
- undid
- improved
- dances
- sourly
- hagged
- cosmic
- unformed
- turmoil
- tidied
- possessions
- toughness
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Syllable Fun Fact
In music, syllables are used in solfège to represent the seven major pitches of the scale, such as 'do', 're', 'mi'.
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