Sor"row*ful (?), a. [OE.
sorweful, AS. sorgful.] 1. Full of
sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. "This
sorrowful prisoner." Chaucer.
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death.
Matt. xxvi. 38.
2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful;
lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.
Syn. -- Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary;
grievous; lamentable; doleful; distressing.
-- Sor"row*ful*ly, adv. --
Sor"row*ful*ness, n.
Sor"row*ful (?), a. [OE.
sorweful, AS. sorgful.] 1. Full of
sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. "This
sorrowful prisoner." Chaucer.
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death.
Matt. xxvi. 38.
2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful;
lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.
Syn. -- Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary;
grievous; lamentable; doleful; distressing.
-- Sor"row*ful*ly, adv. --
Sor"row*ful*ness, n.
