sorrowsome en · ADJ
Etymology
From sorrow + -some. Compare Dutch zorgzaam (“careful; considerate”), German sorgsam (“careful”).
Meanings
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Marked by sorrow; sad; dreary; sorrowful
The note strikes the young artist curiously, but just then the squeaky elevator arrives with a sorrowsome ding and she is distracted by its squawking doors and a grumbling old lady with a shopping bag.
2005, Robert Dugger, Between Colors:She burst into sobs and moans, wailing like nobody's business a prompting the gathering to follow her sorrow-some lead.
2012, Jayme Alan Toomey, A Passin’ On:Then He too laughing asks me “Why so pale And sorrow-some? [...]”
2011, Omar Khayyam, A. P Briggs, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sorrow-some | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most sorrowsome | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more sorrowsome | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
bummed out · despondent · down in the dumps · low · heavy-hearted · dolesome · down · down in the mouth · solemn · lamentful · wretched · threnetical · uncheerful · sombre · disconsolate · mopey · joyless · cheerless · passionate · sorrow-ridden · woebegone · heartsore · atrabilious · downhearted · unlively · elegious · Plutonian · melancholic · forlorn · damp · saddened · crestfallen · heartsick · low-spirited · tristful · chapfallen · triste · sorrowful · dull · sorrowful · sad · threnetic · sorrow-ridden · blue · querulous · glum · lumpish · mournful · shattered · dispirited · chopfallen · grief-stricken · lugubrious · downsome · miserable · melancholy · woeful · jawfallen · elegiac · uncheery · doleful · disgruntled · spiritless · infelicitous · downcast · blitheless · atrabiliary · dejected · saturnine · depressed · moody · plaintive · sorrowsome · inconsolable · gloomy · woe · cut up · ruthful · grieving · Plutonic · dismal · morose · sullen · wistful · unconsolable · lachrymose · disheartened · unhappy