'Sorrowful' definitions:
Definition of 'sorrowful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 [ant: joyful]
Definition of 'Sorrowful'
From: GCIDE
- Sorrowful \Sor"row*ful\, a. [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.]
- 1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. "This sorrowful prisoner." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. --Matt. xxvi. 38. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary; grievous; lamentable; doleful; distressing. [1913 Webster] -- {Sor"row*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sor"row*ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sorrowful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affecting,
- afflicted,
- afflictive,
- aggrieved,
- anguished,
- bitter,
- bleak,
- blue,
- careworn,
- cheerless,
- comfortless,
- complaining,
- crestfallen,
- dejected,
- deplorable,
- depressed,
- depressing,
- depressive,
- discomforting,
- disconsolate,
- disheartened,
- dismal,
- dismaying,
- dispirited,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- doleful,
- dolorific,
- dolorogenic,
- dolorous,
- downcast,
- dreary,
- dumb with grief,
- faultfinding,
- fretful,
- gloomy,
- grief-stricken,
- griefful,
- grieved,
- grievous,
- hapless,
- heartsick,
- howling,
- in grief,
- in the doldrums,
- inconsolable,
- Jeremianic,
- joyless,
- lamentable,
- lamentive,
- lugubrious,
- melancholy,
- miserable,
- moanful,
- mournful,
- moving,
- painful,
- pathetic,
- peevish,
- petulant,
- piteous,
- pitiable,
- plaintive,
- plangent,
- plunged in grief,
- poignant,
- puling,
- querulous,
- regretful,
- regrettable,
- rueful,
- ruthful,
- sad,
- saddening,
- sharp,
- sore,
- sorrow-laden,
- sorrow-stricken,
- sorrowed,
- sorrowing,
- sorry,
- tearful,
- touching,
- troublous,
- ululant,
- uncomfortable,
- unfortunate,
- unhappy,
- unlucky,
- wailful,
- whimpering,
- whining,
- whiny,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- wretched