Painful, sorrowful; sad.

(a) Angry; vexed; furious; (transferred of heat) fierce. (b) Grieved, sorrowful.

Of a person, or his or her disposition: full of sorrow or grief; unhappy, sad; regretful.

Unhappy; sad, sorrowful; not delighted.

Distressed, sad; feeling grief or sorrow. Now rare except as merged with senses A. 2 and A. 3a.

Full of grief; mournful, sorrowful; also (of cries, etc.), expressing sorrow. Obsolete.

Feeling or showing sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. Obsolete.

Deeply affected by some strong feeling, as (a) sorrow, (b) longing, (c) envy, (d) repugnance or loathing, producing effects similar or comparable…

Sorrowful, wretched; grievous, doleful.

Distressed, sorrowful, sad. In Old English also as n.: a distressed or sorrowful person; (with the and plural agreement) distressed or sorrowful…

Oppressed in mind, grieved, sad. Obsolete.

= yomer, adj.

Sorrowful, sad; causing sorrow or distress.

Full of sorrow, grief, or misery; mournful, sad. Of a person. Scottish in later use.

subjectively, Sorrowing, mournful, woeful.

Coupled with sick (chiefly in senses A. 1a and A. 4).

Afflicted with sorrow or grief; pained, distressed. Of the heart, etc.

Afflicted with sorrow or grief; pained, distressed. Of persons. Now dialect.

sad; sorrowful.

Of a person, or his or her feelings, disposition, etc.: feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful, heavy-hearted.

Sorrowful, piteous.

Full of mental trouble; anxious; sorrowful, melancholy, moody. Now Scottish. rare except as passing into sense 1.

Beset with woe; afflicted or overwhelmed by misfortune, distress, sorrow, or grief; (now also in weakened sense) sad, forlorn. In Middle English…

‘Weighed down’ with sorrow or grief; sorrowful, sad, grieved, despondent.

Full of grief; very sad or sorrowful. rare.

Afflicted by grief, distress, or misfortune; sorrowful, mournful; (also) expressing or expressive of sorrow or distress.

Sorrowful.

Full of grief, sorrowful.

Sorrowful, sad.

Sorrowful, mournful.

Feeling sorrow or grief; sorrowful, sad. Also in extended use. In later use archaic.

Displeased, grieved; sorrowful, sad. Obsolete.

Subjectively. Unhappy, wretched, miserable; distressed, sorrowful, mournful. archaic.

Sad, sorrowful; in quot. 14.., dark or dull-coloured (= sad, adj. 10).

Feeling or expressing sorrow; sad, sorrowful, melancholy.

Of persons, their state, etc.: Full of pain, grief, or suffering; sorrowful, sad.

In figurative expressions like wapped in woe, there is some doubt whether wapped belongs to this verb with the sense ‘thrown’, or to wap, v.2 with…

grieved.

Sorrowing, grieving; sorrowful, sad.

Sorrowing greatly. Obsolete.

That is or has been discomforted (in various senses of the verb).

Full of sadness; sad, sorrowful; dreary, dismal: cf. trist, adj.2

In predicative use with to be (occasionally to feel): grieved, regretful, or apologetic about a particular thing; sorry. Now archaic and U.S. regional…

Sad, melancholy.

Of persons, their feelings, state, etc.: Full of or expressing sorrow; sorrowful, sad, distressed.

Anxious, full of strong desire or longing; sorrowful. Formerly also as adv., as an intensifier in negative contexts: exceedingly, very.

Expressing or indicating trouble or grief; sad, sorrowful. Obsolete. rare.

In predicative use: full of sorrow, in despair, utterly dejected; (also) †dead, lifeless; on the point of death (obsolete). Cf. à la mort, adv.

Of a person, etc.: full of or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; sad, sorrowful, grieving; sad-looking.

Affected with suffering or sorrow; grieved, sad. Cf. passionate, adj. 1. Obsolete.

Made or become sad (in senses of the verb). Saddened, made sorrowful.

Sad, doleful, mournful.

Afflicted with pain or trouble; sorely troubled; in sore straits. Applied spec. to a person living in impoverished circumstances.

Moved with sorrow; grieving, sad, sorrowful. Obsolete.

sorrowful.

Of persons, their actions, state, etc.: Full of distress; marked by or indicating distress or suffering; in great distress, sorely distressed.

Full of suffering, sorrowful. Obsolete. rare.

Sorrowful; sad.

Suffering or expressing anguish; distressed, tormented.

Of a person or thing: sorrowful, sad.

That has become or been made sad.

full of sadness, sorrowful.

In phrases sick as a dog, sick as a horse, etc. (Sense sometimes merging with A. 4). Also sick as a parrot (a fanciful catchphrase, chiefly used jocu…

Full of pangs; suffering pain or anguish; sorrowful. Also: painful, anguishing, distressing.

Full of, characterized by, or evoking woe; woeful; terrible, dreadful; (in weakened use) sad, miserable.

That feels or expresses grief.

Sorrowful; pitiable; (also) rueful.

Mourning, grieving. Cf. yearn, v.1 6b. Obsolete. rare.

= dolent, adj.

Mournful.

Scottish. Affected with grief or anxiety; anxious, concerned. Cf. thought, n. 8. Obsolete.

Extremely unhappy; sorrowful, mournful; = tragic, adj. 1b.