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sorrowful |
Grep of noun sorrowful sorrowfulness Overview of adj sorrowful The adj sorrowful has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) sorrowful -- (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) Antonyms of adj sorrowful 1 sense of sorrowful Sense 1 sorrowful (vs. joyful) joyful (vs. sorrowful) => beatific => overjoyed Similarity of adj sorrowful 1 sense of sorrowful Sense 1 sorrowful (vs. joyful) => anguished, tormented, tortured => bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(postnominal), sorrowing(postnominal) => bitter => brokenhearted, heartbroken, heartsick => dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping => elegiac => grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending => lamentable => lamenting, wailing, wailful => lugubrious => mournful, plaintive => sad => woebegone, woeful Also See-> joyless#1; unhappy#1 Attributes of adj sorrowful Familiarity of adj sorrowful sorrowful used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj sorrowful sorrowful Overview of adj sorrowful The adj sorrowful has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) sorrowful -- (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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