sorrowful

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
  2. Producing sorrow; causing grief.

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/ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

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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