Antonyms of adj dolorous

1 sense of dolorous

Sense 1
dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping -- (showing sorrow)

INDIRECT (VIA sorrowful) -> joyful -- (full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion")

Similarity of adj dolorous

1 sense of dolorous

Sense 1
dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping -- (showing sorrow)
       => sorrowful (vs. joyful) -- (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13)