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Definition of Sorrowful
1. Adjective. Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss. "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"
Similar to: Anguished, Tormented, Tortured, Bereaved, Bereft, Grief-stricken, Grieving, Mourning, Sorrowing, Bitter, Brokenhearted, Heartbroken, Heartsick, Dolorous, Dolourous, Lachrymose, Tearful, Weeping, Elegiac, Grievous, Heartbreaking, Heartrending, Lamenting, Wailful, Wailing, Lugubrious, Mournful, Plaintive, Sad, Woebegone, Woeful
Antonyms: Joyful
Derivative terms: Sorrowfulness, Sorrowfulness
Definition of Sorrowful
1. a. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed.
Definition of Sorrowful
1. Adjective. Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught. ¹
2. Adjective. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sorrowful
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorrowful
Literary usage of Sorrowful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1828)
"For either he hath reason at first to be sorrowful, or he hath not. If he hath
not, why should he be sorrowful for not doing an ..."
2. Sermons by Hugh Blair (1822)
"Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
... There is a laughter, in the midst of which the heart is sorrowful; ..."
3. The Innocents Abroad: Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress : Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1899)
"This is the beginning of the sorrowful Way, or the Way of Grief." The party took
note of the sacred spot, • and moved on. We passed under the " Ecce Homo ..."
4. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Paraphrase from Several Literal Translations by Omar Khayyam, Richard Le Gallienne (1901)
"... a passion that can never change, It is so sorrowful and sweet and strange,
That even from the very nightingale f must conceal it—'tis so very strange. ..."
5. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"This is the beginning of the sorrowful Way, or the Way of Grief." The party took
note of the sacred spot, and moved on. We passed under the " Ecce Homo Arch ..."
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