sorrowful

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adjective

experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss (Freq. 2)
- sorrowful widows
- a sorrowful tale of death and despair
- sorrowful news
- "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
• Ant:
joyful
• 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,
wailing, wailful, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, sad,
woebegone, woeful
• See Also:
joyless, unhappy
• Derivationally related forms:
sorrowfulness