Definition of Sorrowfulness

1. Noun. The state of being sad. "She tired of his perpetual sadness"

Exact synonyms: Sadness, Sorrow
Generic synonyms: Unhappiness
Specialized synonyms: Bereavement, Mourning, Poignance, Poignancy
Derivative terms: Sad, Sorrow, Sorrowful

2. Noun. A state of gloomy sorrow.
Exact synonyms: Mournfulness, Ruthfulness
Specialized synonyms: Woe, Woefulness, Plaintiveness
Generic synonyms: Sorrow
Derivative terms: Mournful, Mournful, Ruthful, Sorrowful

Definition of Sorrowfulness

1. Noun. The quality or state of sorrow; sadness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sorrowfulness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorrowfulness

sorrier
sorries
sorriest
sorrily
sorriness
sorrinesses
sorrow
sorrowe
sorrowed
sorrower
sorrowers
sorrowes
sorroweth
sorrowful
sorrowfully
sorrowfulness
sorrowfulnesses
sorrowing
sorrowing(a)
sorrowingly
sorrowless
sorrowly
sorrows
sorrowy
sorry
sorry, I'm late
sorry for(p)
sorryful
sorryish
sort

Literary usage of Sorrowfulness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sermons, Or Homilies, Appointed to be Read in Churches in the Time of Queen by Church of England (1824)
"... touched with sorrowfulness of heart for their offences....all desire, of meat and drink is laid apart....nothing then liketh them more than to weep, &c. ..."

2. Morning Communings with God: Or, Devotional Meditations for Every Day in the by Christoph Christian Sturm (1858)
"The Fewness and Sorrowfulness of the Days of Man. MY whole life is full of pain and sorrow : each day brings its peculiar trouble. ..."

3. Special Therapeutics According to Homoeopathic Principles by Franz Hartmann (1857)
"Great sorrowfulness, with constant inclination to sit in a corner buried in thought ... Great sorrowfulness on account of his situation, with no desire for, ..."

4. Expositions on the Book of Psalms by Augustine (1849)
"He was willing to heal, they to rage: hence sorrowfulness to the Physician. Inquire whether He found a companion in this sorrowfulness. For He saith not, ..."

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