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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.

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Origin of sorrowful

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

SYNONYMS FOR sorrowful

1 unhappy, grieving.

3 piteous, heartbreaking.

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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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for sorrowful

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
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.
The World's Greatest Books, Volume V.|Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
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

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