sorrowfulness

2 definitions found

sorrowfulness - 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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sorrowfulness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sorrowfulness
      n 1: the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual
           sadness" [syn: sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness]
      2: a state of gloomy sorrow [syn: mournfulness,
         sorrowfulness, ruthfulness]