sorrowful

Meaning

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

Synonyms

sad

☹️

mournful

regretful

unhappy

☹️

grievous

gloomy

melancholy

doleful

woeful

grieved

remorseful

depressed

pitiful

sorry

miserable

afflicted

anguished

😧

cheerless

melancholic

anxious

woebegone

plaintive

deplorable

tragic

downcast

dispirited

distressed

regrettable

glum

pathetic

bitter

lamentable

down

dolorous

aggrieved

blue

wailful

troubled

wretched

regretting

dejected

pitied

morose

downhearted

pensive

😔

chary

disturbed

chapfallen

distressing

joyless

Translations

triste

☹️

traurig

☹️

betrübt

afflitto

triste

☹️

triste

☹️

treurig

☹️

afligido

affligé

verdrietig

☹️

dolente

bekümmert

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sorweful

Inherited from Old English: sorhful

Cognate with Old High German: sorgfol

Cognate with Norwegian: sorgfull

Cognate with Icelandic: sorgfullur

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”).