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sorrowful |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sorrowful \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sorrowful 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 [ant: {joyful}]
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