sorrowful

[ sor-uh-fuhl, sawr- ]

/ ˈsɒr ə fəl, ˈsɔr- /

full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.

showing or expressing sorrow; mournful; plaintive: a sorrowful song.

involving or causing sorrow; distressing: a sorrowful event.

Nearby words

before 900; Middle English sorowful, Old English sorgful. See sorrow, -ful

SYNONYMS FOR sorrowful

Related forms

sor·row·ful·ly, adverbsor·row·ful·ness, nouno·ver·sor·row·ful, adjectiveo·ver·sor·row·ful·ly, adverb

o·ver·sor·row·ful·ness, noun

It is also one of the few places in Georgia where the sorrowful beauty of the call to prayer still can be heard.
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He was consumed by a sorrowful bitterness and cynicism that could only be responded to with large purses.
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But the sweet illusions faded away, and the hard, sorrowful truth stood out sternly before him.
Cast Adrift|T. S. Arthur
Moreover, the young empress, although dejected and grave, was by no means so sorrowful and miserable as Hortense expected.
Queen Hortense|L. Mhlbach

These sorrowful meditations fastened upon his mind; he passed four months in resolving to lose no more time in idle resolves.
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Why shouldst thou be sorrowful, for I have a lovely home and friends and riches, and thou shalt never need to labour.
Finnish Legends for English Children|R. Eivind
I turned and left him with a sorrowful heart, partaking of the same spirit which rested upon him.
Wilford Woodruff|Matthias F. Cowley