sorrowful[adjective]Synonyms: sad, dejected, dismal, doleful, grieving, miserable, mournful, sorry, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched
Antonyms: joyful, gay
Contrasted words: sorrowless
Related Idioms: full of (
or filled with) sorrow
Related Words: sorrow-laden,
sorrow-stricken,
sorrow-struck [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
sor‧row‧ful /ˈsɒrəʊfəl $ ˈsɑːroʊ-, ˈsɔː-/
adjective literary very sad:
a sorrowful expression—sorrowfully adverb:
‘A lot of damage has already been done,’ he said sorrowfully. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲