Meaning of SORROWFUL
| Pronunciation: | | 'sârow`fûl
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| | Definition: | | [adj] 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 |
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| | Synonyms: | | anguished, bereaved, bereft, bitter, brokenhearted, dolorous, dolourous, elegiac, grief-stricken, grieving, grievous, heartbreaking, heartbroken, heartrending, heartsick, lachrymose, lamentable, lamenting, lugubrious, mournful, mourning(a), plaintive, sad, sorrowing(a), tearful, tormented, tortured, wailful, wailing, weeping, woebegone, woeful |
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| | Antonyms: | | joyful | | |
| | See Also: | | joyless, unhappy | |
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| | Definition: | | \Sor"row*ful\, a. [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.
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