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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss;
- Example: "sorrowful widows"
- Example: "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"
- Example: "sorrowful news"
- Example: "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13



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.
        [1913 Webster] -- Sor"row*ful*ly, adv. --
        Sor"row*ful*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sorrowful
    adj 1: experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially
           that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful
           widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair";
           "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is
           sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 [ant: joyful]