sorrowful
14
3.6
- adjective
- /ˈsɔːrəfəl/
:
afligido
- She looked sorrowful when she heard about the death of her friend.
- so sorrowful
Her face was beautiful and sorrowful and full of fear.
- Her face was beautiful and sorrowful and full of fear.
- She had these huge, brown, sorrowful eyes.
- He's got this metaphor of lamenting, crying tears, you know, being actually sad, sorrowful for the things that you did.
- And the same with our feelings, the the sorrowful nature of our feelings.
- We hear them being in love, sorrowful, angry.
- I was looking for a tighter Press of bodies and the sorrowful laughter of those who discern the world shifting away.
Examples
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"What's wrong?" For a moment she looked mild and sorrowful, as if she couldn't bear to tell me.
Fiction book (1991) -
Nay more, the sorrowful here will be glad there, the poor here will be rich there, and the enemies of the Lord here will be his friends there.
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Her face was beautiful and sorrowful and full of fear.
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Everywhere I go, someone with sorrowful eyes looks at me as if I were Jesus.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Honey," he said, his voice sorrowful and sympathetic, "I know how you feel."
Fiction book (1991) -
Rita watched them for a moment, then turned back to him, a sorrowful expression on her face.
Fiction book (2001) -
I think no matter what setting this conversation would take place in, it's going to be a heartbreaking, sorrowful, difficult conversation.
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And for many here, the sorrowful procession... remains a draining, emotional experience, an experience of a lifetime.
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Now, I know this place is absolutely dripping with the most sorrowful souls, all searching for what eluded them in life.
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In whatever ways he can, he should encourage the timid, support the weak, console the sorrowful, and restrain the hot-tempered.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Feeling unhappy or upset because of something
67
3.2
Feeling very sad because of a loss or disappointment
37
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
26
1.8
Showing you are about to cry because of a strong feeling
23
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
20
3.7
Feeling like you want to cry easily
18
3.9
Feeling deep sadness because of a loss
18
7.7
Feeling very sad and without hope about the future
17
6.5
Feeling sad and thoughtful while remembering the past
10
7.9
Having a sad sound that makes people feel unhappy
9
2.9
Feeling sorry for something you did or said
7
3.7
Feeling very sad because of a loss or disappointment
5
7.8
Feeling sorry about something you did and showing it
5
7.2
Feeling deep, quiet sadness
3
6.0
Feeling very sad and showing deep sorrow, like after bad news
3
8.2
Feeling or showing deep sadness
2
9.1
Showing sad feelings about something lost or in the past
1
9.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness because of a loss
1
9.9
Showing sadness or making people want to cry
Feeling very sad after someone you love dies
Feeling very sad and down
Antonyms
How Sad
4
4.6
12
6.7
67
3.2
14
3.6
∞
1.0
- Informal
24
6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sorrowful comes from an old English word sorrow that meant 'grief' and the ending -ful which means 'full of'. So, like the familiar word sorry, sorrowful describes someone who is 'full of' deep sadness.