via dolorosa

noun

Painful road; difficult route

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Meanings

via dolorosa1

nounvia dolorosa (plural via dolorosa)
  1. Painful road; difficult route

    The via dolorosa Boris Johnson is trudging along is about more than Dominic Cummings’s actions and the Prime Minister’s refusal to acknowledge they were wrong, let alone ask the bloke for his ticket.

    2020, Stephen Daisley, The Spectator

Via Dolorosa2

proper noun
  1. The route believed to have been taken through Jerusalem by Christ on his way to Calvary.
  2. figurativelyThe Way of the Cross.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
way of the cross

Origin

Latin, literally "way of grief".

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APA

via dolorosa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/via%20dolorosa

MLA

“via dolorosa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/via%20dolorosa. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “via dolorosa,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/via%20dolorosa.

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