sorrowful Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- melancholy
- agonized
- woeful
- lamentable
- dolorous
- lugubrious
- crying
- sorry
- tearful
- morbid
- unhappy
- rueful
- bleak
- plaintive
- dark
- wailing
- depressed
- plangent
- funereal
- anguished
- regretful
- somber
- aching
- doleful
Weak:
- dismal
- gloomy
- moody
- elegiacal
- heartsore
- careworn
- moaning
- comfortless
- dreary
- low-spirited
- despondent
- triste
- grey
- black
- desolate
- bleeding
- dirgelike
- keening
- howling
- downhearted
- forlorn
- joyless
- cheerless
- saturnine
- glum
- woebegone
- pathetic
- bemoaning
- morose
- deploring
- darkening
- piteous
- inconsolable
- miserable
- elegiac
- low
- heartsick
- dispirited
- downcast
- groaning
- brokenhearted
- bewailing
- sullen
- pessimistic
- dejected
- suffering
- sombre
- disconsolate
- dolesome
- crestfallen
- wretched
- gray
Strongest:
- cheery
- cheerful
- delighted
- triumphant
- joyful
- cheerful
- happy
- smiling
- joyful
- triumphant
- cheery
- smiling
- bright
- bright
- happy
- delighted
Strong:
- blissful
- blithe
- jolly
- lighthearted
- mirthful
- laughing
- merry
- jolly
- buoyant
- cheering
- exulting
- glorying
- encouraging
- cheering
- lighthearted
- exulting
- laughing
- merry
- optimistic
- blissful
- hopeful
- joyous
- mirthful
- joyous
- optimistic
- hopeful
- rejoicing
- glorying
- blithe
- rejoicing
- encouraging
- buoyant
Weak:
sorrowful Meaning
sorrowful (a)
experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
sorrowful Sentence Examples
- The sorrowful widow mourned the loss of her beloved husband.
- The sorrowful child wept uncontrollably at the news of her grandmother's passing.
- The sorrowful faces of the refugees reflected their unimaginable suffering.
- The sorrowful melody of the violin filled the concert hall with an air of melancholy.
- The sorrowful sight of the abandoned dog broke the hikers' hearts.
- The sorrowful letter expressed the deep remorse and regret of the writer.
- The sorrowful silence that hung in the hospital room was palpable.
- The sorrowful memories of her childhood haunted her dreams.
- The sorrowful guilt weighed heavily on his conscience.
- The sorrowful realization that their love was lost filled them with immense pain.
FAQs About the word sorrowful
experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
weeping,mournful, funeral, heartbroken, bitter, grieving, sad,melancholy, agonized, woeful
cheery, cheerful, delighted, triumphant,joyful, cheerful, happy, smiling, joyful, triumphant
The sorrowful widow mourned the loss of her beloved husband.
The sorrowful child wept uncontrollably at the news of her grandmother's passing.
The sorrowful faces of the refugees reflected their unimaginable suffering.
The sorrowful melody of the violin filled the concert hall with an air of melancholy.
