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English Dictionary: sorrowfulness by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sorrowfulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sorrowfulness
n
  1. the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness"
    Synonym(s): sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness
  2. a state of gloomy sorrow
    Synonym(s): mournfulness, sorrowfulness, ruthfulness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sorrowful \Sor"row*ful\, a. [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.]
      1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected;
            distressed. [bd]This sorrowful prisoner.[b8] --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.
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