dolorous — causing misery or grief; emotionally painful
doloroso or dolorosa — these are the Spanish (and Italian) masculine and feminine cognates of the same definition
For the cognate duo, I chose the adjective of “dolorous” because I feel it is more common or more recognized than the noun from which it comes. However, it is that word that I want to di…
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