DOLOROUSNESS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

dolorousness

noun

as in woefulness

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Noun

Power Ballad should be breezy and fun, with that twist of mournfulness that Carney is always so adept at pulling off.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 May 2026

Definition of mournfulness

Noun

Army of Shadows doesn’t have a TX but the team will be keen to get it out quickly in order to tap into a local and global feeling of political discontent.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 July 2026
But AfD has long become adept at harnessing discontent with issues well beyond its signature theme of curbing migration, which powered its rise in the mid-2010s.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of discontent

Noun

So, those who viewed ALARA as the cause of all the nuclear industry’s woes will likely be excited to see the NRC eliminate it.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Mindfulness While a certain amount of stress in life is inevitable, too much can result in a variety of health woes and may even shorten your life.

— Amanda Gardner, Martha Stewart, 5 July 2026

Definition of woe

Noun

Her concept of gravity draws on both East and West, on karma and original sin.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
The probe was delayed from 2022, and headed for the asteroid Psyche, using a Mars-gravity assist and not arriving until August 2029.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026

Definition of gravity

Noun

Experts say that the biggest challenge at that extreme level of blackness is actually measuring it.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 June 2026
In the restaurant, my dad looked at me with the passionate conviction of a man who was confident in his Blackness and wanted nothing more than to pass it on.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

Definition of blackness

Noun

Critical infrastructure must assume persistent aerial observation as a baseline condition of operations, and operators must rehearse drone incidents with the same seriousness as cyberattacks or active shooter scenarios.

— Bill Edwards, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Far from being disengaged from the city’s fiscal challenges, residents demonstrated a clear understanding of the seriousness of this issue to the future of Chicago.

— Karen Freeman-Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026

Definition of seriousness

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