sorrowful Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective 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

WordNet

Sor"row*ful adjective
Etymology
OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913