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sorrowful(dictionary)

sorrowful (iou)



sorrowful adjective & adverb. OE.
[from SORROW noun + -FUL.]
A. adjective.
Feeling sorrow; unhappy, sad. OE.
ellipt.: H. F. Tozer [Death] coming with a friendly aspect to relieve the sorrowful.
Characterized by or causing sorrow; distressing, lamentable. OE.
Shelley Sounds and odours, sorrowful Because they once were sweet.
Expressing sorrow. ME.
Sir W. Scott Her lovely brow, though sorrowful, bore..a cast of reviving hope.
b. adverb. Sorrowfully. rare. ME.
sorrowfully adverb ME.
sorrowfulness noun ME.