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sorrowful adjective [ ˈsɒrə(ʊ)fʊl ]

• feeling or showing grief.
• "she looked at him with sorrowful eyes"
Similar: sad, unhappy, dejected, regretful, depressed, downcast, miserable, downhearted, down, despondent, despairing, disconsolate, desolate, bowed down, wretched, glum, gloomy, doleful, dismal, blue, melancholy, melancholic, low-spirited, mournful, woeful, woebegone, forlorn, crestfallen, broken-hearted, heartbroken, inconsolable, grief-stricken, down in the mouth, down in the dumps,
Opposite: happy, cheerful,
Origin: Old English sorhful (see sorrow, -ful).


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