sorrowful
Americanadjective
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full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
- Synonyms:
- unhappy
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showing or expressing sorrow; mournful; plaintive.
a sorrowful song.
- Synonyms:
- melancholy
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involving or causing sorrow; distressing.
a sorrowful event.
- Synonyms:
- heartbreaking, piteous
Other Word Forms
- oversorrowful adjective
- oversorrowfully adverb
- oversorrowfulness noun
- sorrowfully adverb
- sorrowfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of sorrowful
before 900; Middle English sorowful, Old English sorgful. See sorrow, -ful
Example Sentences
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In solitary old age, Ondro has finally accepted his sorrowful calling as the memory keeper of the men who died.
But instead of taking a sorrowful approach, nearly all of the tracks were upbeat and felt more like elated sighs of relief rather than regret.
“Never did I see a more sorrowful sight, nor witness retribution to the nth degree,” he lamented.
Figueroa, 29, lived up to his moniker, 'Heartbreaker', on a deflating and sorrowful night for 'Wrecking' Ball and the Liverpool crowd.
From BBC
Mary Lou, who gave up trying to talk to him, watched with sorrowful eyes as he moved further and further into himself.
From Literature
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