Definition of "sorrowful" []

• Affected with, marked by, causing, or expressing sorrow. See Synonyms at sad. (adjective)

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• "And for a little while they halted in sorrowful silence at the place where the windmill had once stood."
• "The king gazed in sorrowful amazement at the change."
• "[Page 83] making in the Pleasant Ridge; sorrowful is the cry of the blackbird in Leiter Laeig."