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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sorrowful \Sor"row*ful\, a. [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.]
1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected;
distressed. "This sorrowful prisoner." --Chaucer.
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My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.
--Matt. xxvi.
38.
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2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable;
grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.
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Syn: Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary;
grievous; lamentable; doleful; distressing.
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{Sor"row*ful*ness}, n.
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