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sorrowful

[sor-uh-fuhl, sawr-]

adjective

  1. full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.

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  2. showing or expressing sorrow; mournful; plaintive.

    a sorrowful song.

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  3. involving or causing sorrow; distressing.

    a sorrowful event.

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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • sorrowfully adverb
  • sorrowfulness noun
  • oversorrowful adjective
  • oversorrowfully adverb
  • oversorrowfulness noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of sorrowful1

before 900; Middle English sorowful, Old English sorgful. See sorrow, -ful
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How sorrowful that it has come to this parting of ways, 140 years after the French presented us with that lovely monument to our shared spirit, the figure who lifts her lamp over Liberty Island.

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The country's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called it a "dark and sorrowful day in New Zealand's history as a society", saying "we should have done better, and I am determined we will do so".

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During an especially sorrowful moment in Edgardo’s confinement, one of the figures of the crucified Christ in the Roman dormitory for child converts takes leave of his cross with the help of little Edgardo.

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Instead, the carefully prepared Cohen was subdued and succinct, admitting his lies and misdeeds in service of Donald Trump with a sorrowful mien.

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“Uncle Vanya†is known for its sorrowful emotion, though the anguish failed to awaken my ready sympathy.

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