sorrowful

[ sor-uh-fuhl, sawr- ]

/ ˈsɒr ə fəl, ˈsɔr- /

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adjective

full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.

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

involving or causing sorrow; distressing: a sorrowful event.

OTHER WORDS FOR sorrowful

1 unhappy, grieving.

2 melancholy.

3 piteous, heartbreaking.

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Origin of sorrowful

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

OTHER WORDS FROM sorrowful

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

Words nearby sorrowful

sorrel salt, sorrel tree, Sorrentino, Sorrento, sorrow, sorrowful, sorry, sort, sorta, sortal, sortation

How to use sorrowful in a sentence

Still, she said there have been many nights where she has lain awake, thinking of Floyd, sorrowful that she did not do more to save his life.
My violent assault, the bystanders who did nothing, and what it means to bear witness|Kim Le|April 2, 2021|Vox
It is also one of the few places in Georgia where the sorrowful beauty of the call to prayer still can be heard.
The Secret Life of an ISIS Warlord|Will Cathcart, Vazha Tavberidze, Nino Burchuladze|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was consumed by a sorrowful bitterness and cynicism that could only be responded to with large purses.
Bloody Brilliant|Stanley Crouch|April 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
She felt very sorrowful as she smoothed the homely garments, and placed them in a small leathern trunk.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie

Ney and Marmont did not accompany the other Commissioners with their sorrowful terms; like rats they left the sinking ship.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
For the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment hath taken hold on me.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The post-boy returned, sorrowful, to Petersfield, where he procured another horse and rode back to Liphook.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
For she must always find something to be glad of before she could be sorrowful about any thing.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater