Definitions for sorrowful
ˈsɒr ə fəl, ˈsɔr-sor·row·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sorrowfuladjective

   experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sorrowfuladjective

   Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.

2. sorrowfuladjective

   Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.

   sorrowful accident

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sorrowfuladjective

   Etymology: sorrow and full.

   1. Sad for something past; mournful; grieving.

   Blessed are they which have been sorrowful for all thy scourges; for they shall rejoice for thee, when they have seen all thy glory. Tob. xiii. 14.

   2. Deeply serious. Not in use.

   Hannah said, no, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have poured out my soul before the Lord. 1 Sam.

   3. Expressing grief; accompanied with grief.

   The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. Job. vi. 7.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sorrowful

   Sorrowful is an adjective that describes a feeling or expression of deep distress, sadness, or grief. It often implies a profound, sometimes prolonged, sense of unhappiness. It can also be used to describe something that causes or involves such feelings.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sorrowfuladjective

   full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed

2. Sorrowfuladjective

   producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident

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How to say sorrowful in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sorrowful in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sorrowful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sorrowful in a Sentence

1. Margaret Uglow:

   It would be a tragedy if the pope and the Catholic church bought into the standards of society and fell away from the eternal truth of humanity, we see all around us the sorrowful results of society's standards.

2. Ruckett:

   Whether joy or sorrowful, the heart needs a double, because a joy shared is doubled and a pain that is shared is divided.

3. Selma Lagerloef:

   He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep.

4. Kahlil Gibran:

   The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers.

5. Seán O'Casey:

   Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, great as each may be, their highest comfort given to the sorrowful is a cordial introduction into another's woe. Sorrow's the great community in which all men born of woman are members at one time or another.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sorrowful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sorrowful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sorrowful
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorrowful
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sorrowful