sorrowful
Exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sadExhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
» Everything is transient and therefore sorrowful.
Alles ist vergänglich und deshalb leidvoll.
Meaning
2 sensesExhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
Producing sorrow; causing grief.
sorrowful accident
betrübt, kummervoll, sorgenvoll
печа́льныйpečálʹnyj, гру́стныйgrústnyj, ско́рбныйskórbnyj
- experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
Examples
8 sentencesEverything is transient and therefore sorrowful.
deAlles ist vergänglich und deshalb leidvoll.
You know I am a bit sorrowful.
In hard times, in sorrowful times, let's try doing something for other people.
deLasst uns in schlechten und in traurigen Zeiten versuchen, etwas für andere Menschen zu tun.
The ancient ones built the sorrowful lighthouses to guide their miserable wooden ships.
She looks sorrowful and forlorn.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sorweful, from Old English sorhful, sorgful (“full of care; anxious; sFrom 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”).
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Forms
more sorrowful, most sorrowful| Comparative | more sorrowful Lesson |
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| Superlative | most sorrowful Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
100 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form