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   sorrowful

   /ˈsɒrə(ʊ)f(ʊ)l/

   adjective

   • 1. feeling or showing grief: "she looked at him with sorrowful eyes" Similar sadunhappydejectedregretfuldepresseddowncastmiserabledownhearteddowndespondentdespairingdisconsolatedesolatebowed downwretchedglumgloomydolefuldismalbluemelancholymelancholiclow-spiritedmournfulwoefulwoebegoneforlorncrestfallenbroken-heartedheartbrokeninconsolablegrief-strickeninformal:down in the mouthdown in the dumpsOpposite happycheerful
   • ▪ causing grief: "the sorrowful news of his father's death" Similar tragicsadunhappyawfulmiserablewretchedsorrypitifulpitiablegrievoustraumaticupsettingdepressingdistressingdisturbingdisquietingdispiritingheartbreakingheart-rendingagonizingharrowingrare:distressfulOpposite cheerfulcomic

   Word Origin Old Englishsorhful (see sorrow, -ful).

   Derivatives

   • 1. sorrowfully adverb
   • 2. sorrowfulness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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