sorrowful
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Definition of sorrowful
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
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adj
- exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
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Producing sorrow; causing grief.
“sorrowful accident”
“She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.”
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Etymology
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”).
Words you can make from sorrowful
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30 words- FLOW 10 pts
- FOWL 10 pts
- FROW 10 pts
- WOLF 10 pts
- WOOF 10 pts
- FLUS 7 pts
- FOOL 7 pts
- FOOS 7 pts
- FOUL 7 pts
- FOUR 7 pts
- FURL 7 pts
- FURS 7 pts
- LOOF 7 pts
- LOWS 7 pts
- OWLS 7 pts
- ROLF 7 pts
- ROOF 7 pts
- ROWS 7 pts
- SLOW 7 pts
- SURF 7 pts
- WOOL 7 pts
- WOOS 7 pts
- LOOS 4 pts
- LOUR 4 pts
- OURS 4 pts
- ROOS 4 pts
- SLUR 4 pts
- SOLO 4 pts
- SOUL 4 pts
- SOUR 4 pts
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