Dolorous /(?)/

Dol·or·ous

Dolorous

a.
  1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.
    You take me in too dolorous a sense; I spake to you for your comfort.
  2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful.
    Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion.