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.
© Webster 1913.