sorrowful
English
/ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/, /ˈsɑɹoʊfəl/, /ˈsɒɹəʊfəl/, /ˈsɔɹɐʉfɘl/
adj
Definitions
- (of a person) exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught.
- Producing sorrow; causing grief.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sorweful inherited from Old English sorhful inherited from Proto-Germanic *surgafullaz (anxious, full of care) suffix from English sorrow.
Origin
English
sorrow
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besorrow English
- oversorrow English
- seeksorrow English
- sorrow English
- sorrow-ridden English
- sorrower English
- sorrowest English
- sorroweth English
- sorrowfully English
- sorrowfulness English
- sorrowless English
- sorrowly English
- sorrowsome English
- sorrowy English
- unsorrowful English
- unsorrowfully English
- *surgafullaz Proto-Germanic
- sorh Old English
- sorhful Old English
- sorow Middle English
- sorweful Middle English