Sorrow-ridden
adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Filled with sorrow or sorrows.
"[…] Miss Terry is as unconvincing as the least known member of her company. She is Kniertje, a fisherman’s widow, one who has already dearly paid the sea, but she does not for one brief instant suggest the sorrow-ridden fisherman’s widow; she appears to be only acting the part."
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More examples"[…] Miss Terry is as unconvincing as the least known member of her company. She is Kniertje, a fisherman’s widow, one who has already dearly paid the sea, but she does not for one brief instant suggest the sorrow-ridden fisherman’s widow; she appears to be only acting the part."
Etymology
From sorrow + ridden.
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