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sighful

American  
[sahy-fuhl] / ˈsaɪ fəl /

adjective

  1. mournful; sorrowful.

    a sighful ballad.


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Etymology

Origin of sighful

First recorded in 1600–10; sigh + -ful


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The music was faint and sweet, with the sighful quality of an Æolian harp.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder

O master," spake the sighful Dwarf forlorn,   "Like many such diseases, 't is inborn.

From The Geste of Duke Jocelyn by Jeffery Farnol

"Farewell" is much too sighful for An age that has not time to sigh.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder

So was I in unholy plight, when, whereas I lay sighful and distressed, there dawned upon my sight one beyond all beauty beautiful.

From Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol

"Farewell!" he murmurs, then exits R. U. "Farewell" is much too sighful for An age that has not time to sigh.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells

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