She looks sorrowful and forlorn.
Source: tatoeba (316537)
Sorrowful
/ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/
Synonyms for "sorrowful" (157 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (32)
affectingafflictedafflictiveaggrievedanguishedbitterbleakbluebroken-heartedcareworncheerlesscomfortlesscomplainingcrestfallendarkdejecteddeplorabledepresseddepressingdepressive
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Verb(1 words)
Adjective(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (47)
disconsolatedishearteneddismaldismayingdispiriteddistressfuldistressingdolefuldolorificdolorogenicdolorousdowncastdrearydumb with grieffaultfindingforlornfretfulfunerealgloomygrief stricken
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Adjective(7 words)
Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (78)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
8 entriesMore specific
9 entriesbereavedcalamitycatastrophedespairinggrief-strickenmelancholic stylemisfortunesomber moodtragic tone
Collocations
6 entriessorrowful expressionsorrowful gazesorrowful moodsorrowful poemsorrowful scenesorrowful tone
Inflections
2 entriesmore sorrowfulmost sorrowful
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
Translations
52 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُحْزَن adj (full of sorrow)
Armenian
1 entries- վշտալի adj (full of sorrow)
Bulgarian
2 entries- скръ́бен adj (full of sorrow)
- тъ́жен adj (full of sorrow)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 哀愁 adj (full of sorrow)
- 悲傷 /悲伤 adj (full of sorrow)
- 悲哀 adj (full of sorrow)
- 悲痛 adj (full of sorrow)
Cornish
2 entries- ahwerek adj (full of sorrow)
- moredhek adj (full of sorrow)
Czech
2 entries- smutný adj (full of sorrow)
- truchlící adj (full of sorrow)
Dutch
4 entries- bedroefd adj (full of sorrow)
- droevig adj (full of sorrow)
- treurig adj (full of sorrow)
- verdrietig adj (full of sorrow)
Finnish
1 entries- surullinen adj (full of sorrow)
French
2 entries- douloureux adj (full of sorrow)
- triste adj (full of sorrow)
German
4 entries- betrübt adj (full of sorrow)
- kummervoll adj (full of sorrow)
- sorgenvoll adj (full of sorrow)
- traurig adj (full of sorrow)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃 adj (full of sorrow)
Hindi
1 entries- दुःखी adj (full of sorrow)
Hungarian
1 entries- bús adj (full of sorrow)
Ingrian
1 entries- murhekas adj (full of sorrow)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- غَمْناک adj (full of sorrow)
Irish
1 entries- aiféalach adj (full of sorrow)
Japanese
2 entries- 悲しい adj (full of sorrow)
- 痛ましい adj (full of sorrow)
Korean
1 entries- 슬프다 adj (full of sorrow)
Macedonian
2 entries- скр́бен adj (full of sorrow)
- та́жен adj (full of sorrow)
Middle English
1 entries- sorweful adj (full of sorrow)
Māori
3 entries- aroaroā adj (full of sorrow)
- tuarea adj (full of sorrow)
- whakapoururu adj (full of sorrow)
Old English
2 entries- ċeariġ adj (full of sorrow)
- ġeōmor adj (full of sorrow)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سوخته adj (full of sorrow)
Polish
1 entries- smutny adj (full of sorrow)
Portuguese
1 entries- magoado adj (full of sorrow)
Russian
3 entries- гру́стный adj (full of sorrow)
- печа́льный adj (full of sorrow)
- ско́рбный adj (full of sorrow)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- brònach adj (full of sorrow)
Spanish
1 entries- triste adj (full of sorrow)
Turkish
3 entries- acılı adj (full of sorrow)
- müteessir adj (full of sorrow)
- üzüntülü adj (full of sorrow)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
In hard times, in sorrowful times, let's try doing something for other people.
Source: tatoeba (328535)
My eyes are filled with tears when I think about our beloved elderly, who dedicated their whole lives to their children, and now find themselves alone and sorrowful in an empty nest.
Source: tatoeba (1126421)
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Source: tatoeba (2700019)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.