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Webster 1913 Edition
Sorrowful
Sor′row-ful
,Adj.
[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
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sorrowful
SOR'ROWFUL
, A.1.
Sad; grieving for the loss of some good, or on account of some expected evil.2.
Deeply serious; depressed; dejected. I Sam. 1.3.
Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; as a sorrowful accident.4.
Expressing grief; accompanied with grief; as sorrowful meat. Job 6.