Sorrow-ridden

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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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"[…] 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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