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# sorrowful

«sorrowful» in Mova's school dictionary: **Feeling or showing great sadness** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (sorrowful, more sorrowful, most sorrowful); adverb sorrowfully

### meaning for a pupil

1) Feeling or showing great sadness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorrowful/#m1)

2) Causing sadness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorrowful/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and poems «sorrowful» is a stronger, more literary word than «sad»: a sorrowful face, sorrowful music. In church, the Sorrowful Mysteries are prayers Catholics say about Jesus's suffering. Teachers suggest it in writing to show deep grief.

### examples

- The puppy gave a sorrowful look when we left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorrowful/#x1)
- She sang a sorrowful song about a lost love. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorrowful/#x2)
- It was a sorrowful day when our school closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorrowful/#x3)
- He shook his head sorrowfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorrowful/#x4)
- The sorrowful music made Mum cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorrowful/#x5)
- Catholics pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the rosary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorrowful/#x6)
- ‘Alas!’ sighed the youth, ‘I am very sorrowful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorrowful/#x7)

### note

Adjective from «sorrow» + «-ful» (one l). Similar: sad, mournful, grief-stricken. Opposite: joyful.

### In the corpora

- [But the Rat thinks he sees a twinkle in Toad's sorrowful eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sorrowful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorrowful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.