sorrowful
Syllables: sor·row·ful/ˈsɑɹoʊfəl/
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Canada/ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/
sorrowful adjective: exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person).
Adjective
sorrowful (comparative more sorrowful, superlative most sorrowful)
- exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
- Synonyms:
- grievous, lamentable, mournful, sorrow-ridden, sorrowsome, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue
- Producing sorrow; causing grief.
- sorrowful accident
- She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was...1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- pitiful, woebegone, atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, depressing, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending
sorrowful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
sorrowful in Hindi
- full of sorrow
- दुःखी duḥkhī
- producing sorrow
- दुखदायी dukhdāyī, दुखद dukhad, दुखदायक dukhdāyak
sorrowful in Tamil
- சோகம் நிறைந்த, சிந்தி
sorrowful in Urdu
- sorrowful, grieved, dejected, sad
- غمگین ġamgīn, غمناک ġamnāk
sorrowful in Bengali
- sorrowful
- কালো kalō
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- sorrowful in Malayalam
- ദുഃഖമുള്ള, ദുഃഖജനകമായ, വ്യസനകരമായ, ദുഃഖിക്കുന്ന
- sorrowful in Odia
- ଅସୁଖ asukha
- sorrowful in Sanskrit
- उद्विग्न udvigna, शोकिन् śokin, कष्ट kaṣṭa
- sorrowful in Arabic
- مُحْزَن muḥzan
Synonyms of sorrowful
- grievous
- lamentable
- mournful
- sorrow-ridden
- sorrowsome
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- blitheless
- dispirited
- blue
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Forms of sorrowful
| comparative | more sorrowful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sorrowful |
| alternative form | sorrowfull |
Origin of sorrowful
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”).
Words formed from sorrowful
Phrases with sorrowful
Questions about sorrowful
- What does sorrowful mean?
- Sorrowful means exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person).
- What is sorrowful in Hindi?
- Sorrowful in Hindi is दुःखी (duḥkhī), दुखदायी (dukhdāyī), दुखद (dukhad). See Sorrowful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sorrowful?
- Sorrowful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sorrowful?
- Sorrowful is pronounced /ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/ (Canada).
Words near sorrowful in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sorrowful (page history and authors); sorrowful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); غمناک (Urdu) (page history and authors); কালো (Bengali) (page history and authors); sorrowful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଅସୁଖ (Odia) (page history and authors); उद्विग्न (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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