| 释义 |
sorrowfulness|ˈsɒrəʊfʊlnɪs|
Forms: (see quots. and the adj.).
[f. sorrowful a. + -ness.]
The state of feeling sorrowful; grief, sadness, melancholy.
a1225Ancr. R. 110 Seoruhfulnesse made him siken sore. a1300Cursor M. 22560 Þan behoves all folk to dei, Thoru sorfulnes þat þai sal drei. 13..in Rel. Ant. II. 226 The day of rykenyng..ys day of wreythe, of wo, of soroufolnesse. 1382Wyclif 2 Macc. iii. 17 Forsothe sum sorewfulnesse was shed about to the man. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 218 In frenesy, in Dreddys, in Soroufulnesse. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 277 That we dispose ourselfe in sorowfulnesse of herte to receyue his grace. a1608Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 234 In token of hearty sorrowfulnesse for his fault. 1648Hexham ii, Bedroeftheyt, Greefe,..Sorrowfullnesse. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Mournfulness, sorrowfulness. 1832L. Hunt Poems Pref. p. lv, All are the one common story of sorrowfulness. |