Added 9 October 2026
sorrowful
/ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/ adjective
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- exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad.
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Producing sorrow; causing grief.
sorrowful accident
Origin
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”).
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