sighful

[sahy-fuhl]

adjective

1. mournful; sorrowful.

   a sighful ballad.

Other Word Forms

• sighfully adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sighful¹

First recorded in 1600–10; sigh + -ful

Example Sentences

The bouncing parts make my feet twitch to dance, but the sighful, wind-in-the-willow parts make me want to just lean back and close my eyes.

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

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

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

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

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