sorrowful

CEFRC1

/ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Feeling or showing deep sadness.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Producing sorrow; causing grief.

Examples

  • In hard times, in sorrowful times, let's try doing something for other people.

  • She looks sorrowful and forlorn.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈsɔɹəfəl/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)

More examples

In context

  • sorrowful accident

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English sorweful, from Old English sorhful, sorgful (“full of care; anxious; sorrowful”), from Proto-Germanic *surgafullaz (“full of care; anxious”), equivalent to sorrow + -ful. Cognate with Old High German sorgfol (“careful; anxious”), Norwegian sorgfull (“sorrowful”), Icelandic sorgfullur (“lamentable”).