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

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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

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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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