Sorrowful

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Affected with, marked by, causing, or expressing sorrow. See Synonyms at sad.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
  • adj. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed.
  • adj. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Feeling sorrow or grief; grieved; unhappy; sad.
  • Productive of sorrow; grievous; distressing; lamentable; pitiable.
  • Expressive or indicative of sorrow, grief, or regret; plaintive; pathetic.
  • Affected or accompanied by grief; melancholy; doleful; afflicted.
  • Synonyms Dismal, disconsolate, rueful, woful.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
  • Equivalent
    lachrymose    heartsick    sad    wailful    grievous    heartbroken    lugubrious    plaintive    grief-stricken    sorrowing   
    Cross Reference
    lamentable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    distressing    doleful    lamentable    disconsolate    sad    grievous    mournful    dreary    drear    dismal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mournful    sad    wistful    tragic    tearful    joyful    pitiful    gloomy    anxious    unhappy