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- Dictionarysorrowful/ˈsɒrə(ʊ)f(ʊ)l/
adjective
- 1. feeling or showing grief: "she looked at him with sorrowful eyes" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of SORROWFUL is full of or marked by sorrow. How to use sorrowful in a sentence.
Synonyms for SORROWFUL: mournful, weeping, heartbroken, funeral, bitter, grieving, sad, melancholy; Antonyms of SORROWFUL: joyful, happy, triumphant, cheerful, delighted, bright, cheery, smiling.
adjective. literaryuk/ˈsɒr.əʊ.fəl/us/ˈsɔːr.ə.fəl/ Add to word listAdd to word list. very sad: With a sorrowful sigh she folded the letter and put it away. Synonyms. dejected. dolorousliterary. sad(NOT HAPPY) Opposites. elated. joyful. jubilant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long faceidiom. abjection. angsty
Sorrowful definition: full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.. See examples of SORROWFUL used in a sentence.
adjective. literary us / ˈsɔːr.ə.f ə l / uk / ˈsɒr.əʊ.f ə l / Add to word list. very sad: With a sorrowful sigh she folded the letter and put it away. Synonyms. dejected. dolorous literary. sad (NOT HAPPY) Opposites. elated. joyful. jubilant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty.
1. full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad. 2. showing or expressing sorrow; mournful; plaintive. a sorrowful song. 3. involving or causing sorrow; distressing.
Use the adjective sorrowful to describe a sad feeling, especially when it involves grief or loss. You feel sorrowful when you lose someone you love. Sorrowful is a melancholy adjective: when your heart is broken, you are sorrowful, and when your beloved cat dies you're also sorrowful.
1. Full of or expressive of sorrow: doleful, dolorous, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, rueful, sad, woebegone, woeful. 2. Causing sorrow or regret: deplorable, doleful, dolorous, grievous, lamentable, mournful, regrettable, rueful, sad, woeful. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
Definition of sorrowful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Full of sorrow; feeling, causing, or expressing sorrow. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Causing sorrow. Sorrowful news. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Synonyms: sorrow-stricken. sorrow-laden. tragic. painful. miserable. forlorn. dreary. distressing. dismal. lamenting. lamentable. heartbroken. depressed. dolorous. afflicted.
