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: causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief

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• With his dolorous songs about hard-bitten people down on their luck, Johnny Cash garnered legions of fans across generations.

• "I felt myself sinking now and then into a dolorous state in which I allowed myself to succumb to a deep despair about life here...."