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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sorrowful \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. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable;
        grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary;
          grievous; lamentable; doleful; distressing.
          [1913 Webster] -- Sor"row*ful*ly, adv. --
          Sor"row*ful*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sorrowful \Sor"row*ful\, a. [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.]
     1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected;
        distressed. ``This sorrowful prisoner.'' --Chaucer.
  
              My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.
                                                    --Matt. xxvi.
                                                    38.
  
     2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable;
        grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.
  
     Syn: Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary;
          grievous; lamentable; doleful; distressing. --
          Sor"row*ful*ly, adv. -- Sor"row*ful*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  sorrowfulness
       n 1: the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness"
            [syn: sadness, sorrow]
       2: a state of gloomy sorrow [syn: mournfulness, ruthfulness]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sorrowfulness
     n.
     The quality or state of sorrow; sadness.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sorrowfulness
     n.
     The quality or state of sorrow; sadness.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sorrowfulness
     n.
     The quality or state of sorrow; sadness.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sorrowfulness
     n.
     The quality or state of sorrow; sadness.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sorrowfulness'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst sorrowfulness)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Sorrowfulness /sˈɒɹəʊfəlnəs/
  الحزن

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sorrowfulness /sˈɒɹəʊfəlnəs/
  Traurigkeit 

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