Word Meanings - DOLEFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.

• Expressionless
  Destitute of expression.
• EXCITOMOTOR
  Excitomotory; as, excito-motor power or causes.
• EXCITOMOTORY
  Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.
• Excitement
  The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.
• Expressive
  Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.
• EXCITONUTRIENT
  Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.
• EXCITOSECRETORY
  Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action.
• Expressmen
  of Expressman
• EXPRESSRIFLE
  A sporting rifle for use at short ranges, employing a large charge of powder and a light (short) bullet, giving a high initial velocity and consequently a flat trajectory. It is usually of moderately large caliber.
• Dismalness
  The quality of being dismal; gloominess.
• Excito-motion
  Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.
• Expressman
  A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon.
• EXPRESSTRAIN
  Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; a special train; now, a train run at express or special speed and making few stops.
• Excitability
  The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.

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