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adjective

Sorrowful adj.

Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. "This sorrowful prisoner." "My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death."

Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.

Synonyms: Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary; grievous; lamentable; doleful; distressing.

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Etymology of 'Sorrowful'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sorrowful" Quotes from Famous Books

... Lieutenant Lee, whose kind brown eyes were full of fun and playfulness whenever he greeted her. But it was noticed that something, all of a sudden, had occurred to mar the growing intimacy; then that the once blithe little lady was looking white and sorrowful; that she avoided Miss Stanley for two whole days, and that her blue eyes watched wistfully for some one who did not come,—"Mr. Stanley, no doubt," was the diagnosis of the case by ...

— Starlight Ranch - and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier • Charles King

... heavy anguish at the little bird's heart; and it was a sorrowful predicament that he could not, at least, have the consolation of telling what it was. But Ulysses had no time to waste in trying to get at the mystery. He therefore quickened his pace, and had gone a good way along the ...

— The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) • Various

... at all. She stayed with him throughout the night, and tried to comfort him. And she only left when morning came and she smelled men coming across the fields. Then, with one last sorrowful look at Tommy, ...

— The Tale of Tommy Fox • Arthur Scott Bailey

... by the wiry veteran and his friends to the surgeon's quarters in the rear. There were tears in the eyes of the old man as he laid the silent form of his protege upon the wet ground. There he sat by his charge, sorrowful beyond expression, till tremendous shouts rent the ...

— The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army - A Story of the Great Rebellion • Oliver Optic

... wish I had never taken her. I wish we had never gone. Why wasn't I firm? Damn it all, sir, why wasn't I firm, eh?" In his anger at himself something of the former jerky energy of the man showed itself. Then it faded away into the jaded sorrowful look that was on his face when I came in. He sat down with his elbows on his knees and his hands in his scanty gray hair, his suspenders hanging down at his sides—the picture of misery. I tried to console ...

— Mr. Isaacs • F. Marion Crawford

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