Meaning & use
Dolor
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literary term for great sorrow, grief, or mental anguish.
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The elegy captured the poet's dolor over the loss of his homeland.
Her letters were filled with quiet dolor after the funeral.
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From Latin "dolor," meaning pain; spelled "dolour" in British English.
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