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sadful

sadful adjective: full of sadness; sorrowful.

Adjective

sadful (comparative more sadful, superlative most sadful)

  1. (poetic, rare) Full of sadness; sorrowful.
    • Who kindly answered to his knock, such a sadful sight to see […]1985, Genevieve Lehr, Anita Best, Come and I Will Sing You

Forms of sadful

comparativemore sadful
superlativemost sadful

Origin of sadful

From sad + -ful.

Words formed from sadful

  • sadfulness
  • sadfully

Questions about sadful

What does sadful mean?
Sadful means full of sadness; sorrowful.
What part of speech is sadful?
Sadful is an adjective.

Words near sadful in the dictionary

  1. sadfished
  2. sadfishes
  3. sadfishing
  4. sadfuck
  5. sadfucks
  6. sadful
  7. sadge
  8. sadguru
  9. sadgurus
  10. Sadh
  11. sadhak

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