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sorrowful - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'sorrowful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sorrowful [ a.]
- Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed.
- Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.

Meaning of 'sorrowful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sorrowful [ a]
Meaning (1):
- experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
Example in sentence:
  • a sorrowful tale of death and despair;
  • even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;
  • sorrowful news;
  • sorrowful widows