English Explanatory Dictionary

sorrowsome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Marked by sorrow; sad; dreary; sorrowful

Word forms

sorrowsome more sorrowsome most sorrowsome sorrow-some

Etymology

From sorrow + -some. Compare Dutch zorgzaam (“careful; considerate”), German sorgsam (“careful”).

Synonyms

sorrowful sorrow-ridden 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 mournful passionate plaintive Plutonian
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