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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sorrowfulness en · NOUN

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sorwefulnesse; by surface analysis, sorrowful + ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The quality or state of sorrow; sadness.

Forms

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sorrowfulnesses Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

crestfallenness · woe · melancholy · unhappiness · distress · prosternation · tristesse · mourn · ill-being · mishappiness · blues · undelight · sorrowfulness · misery · drearihead · tristfulness · downheartedness · woefare · heartsore · blueness · wretchedness · grief · dolefulness · ruth · forlornness · mirthless · unhappiness · rue · misery · dejection · depression · infelicity · despondency · sorrow · melancholia · regret · sadness