Category:Sorrowful

Sor"row*ful, a. Etym: [oe. sorweful, as. sorgful.]

1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. "this sorrowful prisoner." Chaucer. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Matt. xxvi. 38.

2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; As, a sorrowful accident.

Syn. -- sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary; grievous; Lamentable; doleful; distressing. -- sor"row*ful*ly, adv. -- sor"row*ful*ness, n.