Associations to the word «Sorrowful»

Wiktionary

SORROWFUL, adjective. Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
SORROWFUL, adjective. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.

Dictionary definition

SORROWFUL, 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.

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