Sorrowfulness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of sorrow; sadness. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a state of gloomy sorrow wordnet
  3. 3
    the state of being sad wordnet

Synonyms

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sadnesssorrowbitternessbluenessbluescrestfallenness

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sorwefulnesse; by surface analysis, sorrowful + ness.

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