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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

Example Sentences

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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 Farnol, Jeffery

"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 Wells, Carolyn

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 Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

"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 Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

This made her poutish and reproachfully silent to Elizabeth, and sighful and whimsical to herself.

From The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 by Stephens, Robert Neilson

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