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.