About The Word Sorrowful
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Sorrowful
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Sorrowful: 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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