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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.Definition 2024
sorrowful
sorrowful
English
Adjective
sorrowful (comparative more sorrowful, superlative most sorrowful)
- Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
- Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
- sorrowful accident
- 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:sad
- mournful, lamentable, grievous
- See also Wikisaurus:lamentable
Translations
full of sorrow
producing sorrow
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