dolor UK /ˈdɒlə/US /ˈdoʊlɚ/ noun2 •(literary) Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.Who dyes the vtmost dolor doth abye, / But who that liues, is lefte to waile his losse: / So life is losse, and death felicity. — 1590 •In economics and utilitarianism: a unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes.Supposedly, utilitarians are able to add and subtract hedons (units of pleasure) and dolors (units of pain) without any signs of cognitive or affective distress […] — 1986 formsdolors