SORROWFUL

sorrowful. Sorrowful, a. expressing grief, mournful, sad, dull

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Sor″row‐ful (?), a. [[OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.]] 1. 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. 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.