- sorrowfulness
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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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sorrowfulness — index pessimism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sorrowfulness — sorrowful ► ADJECTIVE 1) feeling or showing sorrow. 2) causing sorrow. DERIVATIVES sorrowfully adverb sorrowfulness noun … English terms dictionary
Sorrowfulness — Sorrowful Sor row*ful, a. [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.] 1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. This sorrowful prisoner. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Matt. xxvi. 38. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sorrowfulness — See sorrowfully. * * * … Universalium
sorrowfulness — noun The quality or state of sorrow; sadness … Wiktionary
sorrowfulness — n. feeling of grief, mournfulness, sadness … English contemporary dictionary
sorrowfulness — sor·row·ful·ness … English syllables
sorrowfulness — noun 1. a state of gloomy sorrow • Syn: ↑mournfulness, ↑ruthfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ruthful (for: ↑ruthfulness), ↑sorrowful, ↑mournful … Useful english dictionary
mournfulness — noun a state of gloomy sorrow • Syn: ↑sorrowfulness, ↑ruthfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ruthful (for: ↑ruthfulness), ↑sorrowful (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
plaintiveness — noun expressing sorrowfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑plaintive • Hypernyms: ↑mournfulness, ↑sorrowfulness, ↑ruthfulness * * * noun see plaintive * * * plainˈtivene … Useful english dictionary
