"dolesome" meaning in English

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        "2": "dole",
        "3": "some",
        "t1": "sorrow; grief"
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      "expansion": "dole (“sorrow; grief”) + -some",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dole (“sorrow; grief”) + -some.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dolesome",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dolesome",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "dolesome (comparative more dolesome, superlative most dolesome)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus (1993), page 17:",
          "text": "The grandmother [...] raised her under the dolesome eyes of a multicoloured Virgin Mary.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "doleful; dismal; gloomy"
      ],
      "id": "en-dolesome-en-adj-cZ~~wBGF",
      "links": [
        [
          "doleful",
          "doleful"
        ],
        [
          "dismal",
          "dismal"
        ],
        [
          "gloomy",
          "gloomy"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "dolesomely"
        },
        {
          "word": "dolesomeness"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "miserable"
        },
        {
          "word": "unhappy"
        },
        {
          "word": "sad"
        },
        {
          "word": "cheerless"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dolesome"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dole",
        "3": "some",
        "t1": "sorrow; grief"
      },
      "expansion": "dole (“sorrow; grief”) + -some",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dole (“sorrow; grief”) + -some.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dolesome",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dolesome",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dolesome (comparative more dolesome, superlative most dolesome)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dolesomely"
    },
    {
      "word": "dolesomeness"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus (1993), page 17:",
          "text": "The grandmother [...] raised her under the dolesome eyes of a multicoloured Virgin Mary.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "doleful; dismal; gloomy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doleful",
          "doleful"
        ],
        [
          "dismal",
          "dismal"
        ],
        [
          "gloomy",
          "gloomy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "miserable"
        },
        {
          "word": "unhappy"
        },
        {
          "word": "sad"
        },
        {
          "word": "cheerless"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dolesome"
}