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sorrowful en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɒɹəʊfəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɒɹəfəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈsɑɹoʊfəl/ (General-American)
• /ˈsɔɹəfəl/ (Canada)
• /ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/ (Canada)
• /ˈsɔɹɐʉfɘl/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈsɑɹəfəl/ (General-American)
• /ˈsɔɹɘfɘl/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English sorweful, from Old English sorhful, sorgful (“full of care; anxious; sorrowful”), from Proto-Germanic *surgafullaz (“full of care; anxious”), equivalent to sorrow + -ful. Cognate with Old High German sorgfol (“careful; anxious”), Norwegian sorgfull (“sorrowful”), Icelandic sorgfullur (“lamentable”).

Meanings

1. exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
2. Producing sorrow; causing grief.
   • sorrowful accident
   • She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades. 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

sorrowfulness · sorrowfully · unsorrowful

Synonyms

lamentable · disconsolate · pitiful · miserable · disgruntled · saddening · spiritless · grief-stricken · grieving · woebegone · triste · shattered · Plutonic · Plutonian · depressed · querulous · heartsick · sullen · low-spirited · lumpish · cut up · lachrymose · dull · woeful · moody · down in the dumps · unhappy · sad · depressing · cheerless · miserable · uncheery · unlively · infelicitous · down in the mouth · ruthful · heartbreaking · sorrowsome · mournful · mournful · lamentful · despondent · mournful · lugubrious · saddened · downcast · inconsolable · dejected · wistful · heartsore · bummed out · doleful · blue · woeful · woebegone · joyless · sorrowful · damp · low · grievous · atrabiliary · blitheless · chapfallen · heartrending · atrabilious · morose · lamentable · rueful · downhearted · solemn · sorrowsome · elegious · melancholic · saturnine · sorrowful · regrettable · unhappy · elegiac · unconsolable · disheartened · lachrymable · melancholy · threnetic · plaintive · chopfallen · down · glum · tragic · passionate · dispirited · atrabiliary · upsetting · woe · atrabilious · mopey · jawfallen · forlorn · dolesome · dismal · wretched · sorrow-ridden · woebegone · downsome · deplorable · threnetical · uncheerful · grievous · sombre · sad · sorrow-ridden · heavy-hearted · gloomy · distressing · tristful · crestfallen

Translations (71)

kw ahwerek (full of sorrow) · ja 悲しい (full of sorrow) · hi दुःखी (full of sorrow) · mh kabūrom̧ōjm̧ōj (producing sorrow) · ja 痛ましい (full of sorrow) · ko 슬프다 (full of sorrow) · bg скръ́бен (full of sorrow) · tr müteessir (full of sorrow) · gd brònach (full of sorrow) · tr acılı (full of sorrow) · tr hüzünlü (producing sorrow) · hu bús (full of sorrow) · fr triste (full of sorrow) · fr attristant (producing sorrow) · cs truchlící (full of sorrow) · mi aroaroā (full of sorrow) · ang ċeariġ (full of sorrow) · de betrübt (full of sorrow) · fi surullinen (producing sorrow) · hi दुखदायी (producing sorrow) · de traurig (full of sorrow) · izh murhekas (full of sorrow) · de kummervoll (full of sorrow) · ar مُحْزَن (full of sorrow) · ga aiféalach (full of sorrow) · hi दुखदायक (producing sorrow) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃 (full of sorrow) · enm sorweful (producing sorrow) · nl droevig (full of sorrow) · fi surullinen (full of sorrow) · hy վշտալի (full of sorrow) · cmn 哀愁 (full of sorrow) · ka საცოდავი (producing sorrow) · de sorgenvoll (full of sorrow) · nl weemoedig (full of sorrow) · nl bedroefd (full of sorrow) · tr üzücü (producing sorrow) · mh būrom̧ōj (full of sorrow) · mi whakapoururu (full of sorrow) · enm hevysum (producing sorrow) · cmn 悲痛 (full of sorrow) · tr üzüntülü (full of sorrow) · pt magoado (full of sorrow) · cmn 悲哀 (full of sorrow) · mk жа́лосен (producing sorrow) · es triste (full of sorrow) · mk та́жен (full of sorrow) · ang ġeōmor (full of sorrow) · ru печа́льный (full of sorrow) · pl smutny (full of sorrow) · nl verdrietig (full of sorrow) · tr üzüntülü (producing sorrow) · mk скр́бен (full of sorrow) · ko 안타깝다 (producing sorrow) · ru ско́рбный (full of sorrow) · bg тъ́жен (full of sorrow) · fr douloureux (full of sorrow) · mk жа́лен (producing sorrow) · fa-ira غَمْناک (full of sorrow) · fi valitettava (producing sorrow) · ru гру́стный (full of sorrow) · nl treurig (full of sorrow) · mi tuarea (full of sorrow) · cmn 悲傷 /悲伤 (full of sorrow) · bg печа́лен (producing sorrow) · hi दुखद (producing sorrow) · enm sorweful (full of sorrow) · ota سوخته (full of sorrow) · ga léanmhar (producing sorrow) · kw moredhek (full of sorrow) · cs smutný (full of sorrow)