sorrowful
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adj
- exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
- Producing sorrow; causing grief.
Pronunciation
/ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/
/ˈsɔɹəfəl/
/ˈsɑɹoʊfəl/
/ˈsɑɹəfəl/
/ˈsɒɹəʊfəl/
/ˈsɒɹəfəl/
/ˈsɔɹɐʉfɘl/
/ˈsɔɹɘfɘl/
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Word forms
sorrowful
more sorrowful
most sorrowful
sorrowfull
Etymology
From Middle English sorweful, from Old English sorhful, sorgful (“full of care; anxious; sorrowful”), from Proto-Germanic *surgafullaz (“full of care; anxious”), equivalent to sorrow + -ful. Cognate with Old High German sorgfol (“careful; anxious”), Norwegian sorgfull (“sorrowful”), Icelandic sorgfullur (“lamentable”).
Synonyms
grievous
lamentable
mournful
sorrow-ridden
sorrowsome
atrabiliary
atrabilious
blitheless
dispirited
blue
bummed out
chapfallen
cheerless
chopfallen
crestfallen
cut up
damp
dejected
depressed
despondent
disgruntled
disconsolate
disheartened
dismal
doleful
dolesome
down
down in the dumps
down in the mouth
downcast
downhearted
downsome
dull
elegiac
elegious
forlorn
gloomy
glum
grief-stricken
grieving
heavy-hearted
heartsore
heartsick
inconsolable
infelicitous
jawfallen
joyless
lachrymose
lamentful
low
low-spirited
lugubrious
lumpish
melancholic
melancholy
miserable
moody
mopey
morose
passionate
Derived words
Translations
Arabic: مُحْزَن
Armenian: վշտալի
Bulgarian: тъ́жен
Bulgarian: скръ́бен
Chinese Mandarin: 悲哀
Chinese Mandarin: 悲痛
Chinese Mandarin: 悲傷 /悲伤
Chinese Mandarin: 哀愁
Cornish: ahwerek
Cornish: moredhek
Czech: smutný
Czech: truchlící
Dutch: verdrietig
Dutch: droevig
Dutch: treurig
Dutch: bedroefd
Dutch: weemoedig
Finnish: surullinen
French: triste
French: douloureux
German: betrübt
German: kummervoll
German: sorgenvoll
German: traurig
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃
Hindi: दुःखी
Hungarian: bús
Ingrian: murhekas
Irish: aiféalach
Japanese: 痛ましい
Japanese: 悲しい
Korean: 슬프다
Macedonian: та́жен
Macedonian: скр́бен
Māori: tuarea
Māori: aroaroā
Māori: whakapoururu
Middle English: sorweful
Old English: ċeariġ
Old English: ġeōmor
Iranian Persian: غَمْناک
Polish: smutny
Portuguese: magoado
Russian: печа́льный
Russian: гру́стный
Russian: ско́рбный
Scottish Gaelic: brònach
Spanish: triste
Turkish: acılı
Turkish: müteessir
Turkish: üzüntülü
Ottoman Turkish: سوخته
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