Sorrowsome

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked by sorrow; sad; dreary; sorrowful

    "The note strikes the young artist curiously, but just then the squeaky elevator arrives with a sorrowsome ding and she is distracted by its squawking doors and a grumbling old lady with a shopping bag."

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"The note strikes the young artist curiously, but just then the squeaky elevator arrives with a sorrowsome ding and she is distracted by its squawking doors and a grumbling old lady with a shopping bag."

Etymology

From sorrow + -some. Compare Dutch zorgzaam (“careful; considerate”), German sorgsam (“careful”).

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