sorrowful
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
sorrowful widows
Related & opposite
- unhappy also see
- joyless also see
- joyful antonym
- mournfulness derivation
- sorrowfulness derivation
- anguished similar to
- bereaved similar to
- bitter similar to
- heartsick similar to
- weeping similar to
- elegiac similar to
- heartbreaking similar to
- wailing similar to
- lugubrious similar to
- mournful similar to
- sad similar to
- woeful similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | unhappy |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | joyless |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | joyful |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mournfulness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sorrowfulness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | anguished |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bereaved |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bitter |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | heartsick |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | weeping |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | elegiac |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | heartbreaking |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | wailing |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | lugubrious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | mournful |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sad |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | woeful |