Definition of "sorrowfulness" []

• The quality or state of sorrow; sadness. (noun)

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• "I suppose we were then led to the sacrifice at the several side altars, but I have no specific recollection of them; I know there was a pale, sick-looking young girl in white who went about with her father, and moved compassion by her gentle sorrowfulness."
• "The next section is one long wail over the contradictions, the mysteries, the dark end, the infinite sorrowfulness of all existence, and the arcanum of grief which, Luther said, underlies all life."
• "The flute-like sorrowfulness of the organ thrills through my blood; my nerves vibrate in responsive echo."