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Sorrowful

Sorrowful Meaning & Definition
Sorrowful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sorrowful?

[adj] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sorrowful: anguished | bereaved | bereft | bitter | brokenhearted | dolorous | dolourous | elegiac | grief-stricken | grieving | grievous | heartbreaking | heartbroken | heartrending | heartsick | lachrymose | lamentable | lamenting | lugubrious | mournful | mourning(a) | plaintive | sad | sorrowing(a) | tearful | tormented | tortured | wailful | wailing | weeping | woebegone | woeful

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See Also | joyless | unhappy

Sorrowful In Webster's Dictionary

\Sor"row*ful\, a. [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.] 1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. ``This sorrowful prisoner.'' --Chaucer. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. --Matt. xxvi. 38. 2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident. Syn: Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary; grievous; lamentable; doleful; distressing. -- {Sor"row*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sor"row*ful*ness}, n.

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