Thesaurus: sorrowful

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1. a. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed.
2. a. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.
3. adj. experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
4. 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.
5. j:100 a. experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss