Dŏl'or-oŭs, a.
a. [Lat. dolorosus, from dolor; It., Sp., & Pg. doloroso, Pr. doloros, Fr. douloureux. See supra.]
Sense 1. Full of dolor or grief; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; a dolorous region.
You take me in too dolorous a sense; I spake t' you for your comfort. Shak.
Sense 2. Occasioning pain or grief; impressing sorrow; painful; distressing.
Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. More.