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- [sor-uh-fuh l, sawr-]
- /ˈsɒr ə fəl, ˈsɔr-/
- /ˈsɒr.əʊ.fəl/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [sor-uh-fuh l, sawr-]
- /ˈsɒr ə fəl, ˈsɔr-/
Definitions of sorrowful word
- adjective sorrowful full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad. 1
- adjective sorrowful showing or expressing sorrow; mournful; plaintive: a sorrowful song. 1
- adjective sorrowful involving or causing sorrow; distressing: a sorrowful event. 1
- adjective sorrowful person: sad 1
- adjective sorrowful speech, look: expressing sadness 1
- adjective sorrowful music: mournful 1
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Origin of sorrowful
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English sorowful, Old English sorgful. See sorrow, -ful
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Parts of speech for Sorrowful
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sorrowful popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
sorrowful usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sorrowful
adj sorrowful
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- attritional — a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.
- beefing — the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
- blubbery — of, containing, or like blubber; fat
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
noun sorrowful
- blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
- bleakness — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- broken heart — If you say that someone has a broken heart, you mean that they are very sad, for example because a love affair has ended unhappily.
- forlornness — desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- gloominess — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
adjective sorrowful
- dirgeful — Having the qualities of a dirge; moaning.
- dolorific — Of or relating to pain.
- drearisome — Very dreary.
- elegiac — (especially of a work of art) having a mournful quality.
- funereal — of or suitable for a funeral.
Antonyms for sorrowful
adj sorrowful
- athrill — excited or thrilled
- beatific — A beatific expression shows or expresses great happiness and calmness.
- blissful — A blissful situation or period of time is one in which you are extremely happy.
- blithe — You use blithe to indicate that something is done casually, without serious or careful thought.
- blown away — past participle of blow away.
adjective sorrowful
- elated — Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased.
- euphoric — Characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness.
- exultant — Triumphantly happy.
- joyful — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- joyous — joyful; happy; jubilant: the joyous sounds of children at play.
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