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SORROWFUL
sorrowful
(adjective) experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; “sorrowful widows”; “a sorrowful tale of death and despair”; “sorrowful news”; “even in laughter the heart is sorrowful”- Proverbs 14:13
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sorrowful (comparative more sorrowful, superlative most sorrowful)
(of a person) exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught.
Producing sorrow; causing grief.
Synonyms
• mournful, lamentable, grievous
• See also sad
• See also lamentable
Source: Wiktionary
Sor"row*ful, a. Etym: [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.]
1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. "This sorrowful prisoner." Chaucer. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Matt. xxvi. 38.
2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.
Syn.
– Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary; grievous; lamentable; doleful; distressing.
– Sor"row*ful*ly, adv.
– Sor"row*ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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