a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. [ 1913 Webster ]
With screwed face and doleful whine. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton.
Syn. -- Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone.
-- Dole"ful*ly, adv. -- Dole"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]