Synset

experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

sample sentences

"sorrowful widows"
"a sorrowful tale of death and despair"
"sorrowful news"
"even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

lexical pointers

antonym

derivationally related form

sorrowfulness sorrowfulness

semantic pointers

also see

joyless unhappy

similar to

anguished, tormented, tortured grief-stricken, bereaved, bereft, grieving, mourning, sorrowing bitter brokenhearted, heartbroken, heartsick weeping, dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful elegiac grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending wailful, lamenting, wailing lugubrious mournful, plaintive sad woeful, woebegone