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Sorrowfulness

Sorrowful \Sor"row*ful\, a. [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.]

  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. [1913 Webster] -- Sor"row*ful*ly, adv. -- Sor"row*ful*ness, n.

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sorrowfulness

n. The quality or state of sorrow; sadness.

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sorrowfulness

  1. n. the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness" [syn: sadness, sorrow]

  2. a state of gloomy sorrow [syn: mournfulness, ruthfulness]

Usage examples of "sorrowfulness".

In my sorrowfulness and loneliness I fly to Him, and find, what is better than earthly felicity, the sweetest peace.

On the contrary, the sense it gives me of the brevity and sorrowfulness of life makes you doubly precious, since it constantly reminds me that sick beds and dying beds must sooner or later come to our home as to those of others.