Examples:
- sorrowful widows
- a sorrowful tale of death and despair
- sorrowful news
- even in laughter the heart is sorrowful - Proverbs 14:13
Antonyms:joyful
Derivationally Related Form:sorrowfulness
Inherited Hypernyms:sorrowful
Similar to:anguished tormented tortured bereaved bereft grief-stricken grieving mourning sorrowing bitter brokenhearted heartbroken heartsick dolorous dolourous lachrymose tearful weeping elegiac grievous heartbreaking heartrending lamenting wailful wailing lugubrious mournful plaintive sad woebegone woeful
See also:joyless unhappy