Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dolorous

Dolorous , adjective

[Latin dolorosus, from dolor: compare French douloureux. See Dolor.]

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. — Shakespeare
2.
Occasioning pain or grief; painful.
Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. — Dr. H. More