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  • 1Sorrowful — Sor row*ful, a. [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.] 1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. This sorrowful prisoner. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Matt. xxvi. 38. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 2sorrowful — index bitter (reproachful), contrite, deplorable, despondent, disconsolate, grave (solemn), lam …

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  • 3sorrowful — O.E. sorgful; see SORROW (Cf. sorrow) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Sorrowfully; sorowfulness …

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  • 4sorrowful — [adj] very upset; grieving affecting, afflicted, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, distressing, doleful, dolent, full of sorrow, grievous, heartbroken, heartrending, heavyhearted, hurting, in mourning, in pain, in sorrow, lamentable, lugubrious …

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  • 5sorrowful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) feeling or showing sorrow. 2) causing sorrow. DERIVATIVES sorrowfully adverb sorrowfulness noun …

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  • 6sorrowful — [sär′əfəl, sôr′ə fəl] adj. [ME soruful < OE sorgful] full of sorrow; feeling, causing, or expressing sorrow SYN. SAD sorrowfully adv. sorrowfulness n …

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  • 7Sorrowful — Infobox He Man/She Ra Character|Alliance=#87CEFA Title=Sorrowful Name=Sorrowful Status=Alive Powers=Flight Fire breathing Affiliation=Adora The Great Rebellion Actor=Lou Scheimer Sorrowful is a fictional character in the animated television… …

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  • 8Sorrowful Jones — Infobox Film name = Sorrowful Jones image size = caption = 1949 movie poster director = Sidney Lanfield producer = Robert L. Welch writer = Edmund L. Hartmann Melville Shavelson from the story by Damon Runyon starring = Bob Hope Lucille Ball… …

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  • 9Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary — Symbolism = The Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary is an icon of the Virgin Mary with her Immaculate Heart pierced by a sword or seven swords representing the seven sorrows of Mary: # The prophecy of Simeon. # The flight into Egypt. # The… …

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  • 10sorrowful — [[t]sɒ̱roʊfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED Sorrowful means very sad. [LITERARY] His father s face looked suddenly soft and sorrowful... Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand. Syn: mournful Derived words: sorrowfully ADV ADV… …

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