All sorrowful synonyms
sorΒ·rowΒ·ful
S s adj sorrowful
- down in the dumps β If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.
- in the dumps β a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- blubbery β of, containing, or like blubber; fat
- attritional β a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.
- heart-rending β causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- dreary β causing sadness or gloom.
- dolorous β full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
- cheerless β Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
- lugubrious β mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- bummed β depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
- lamenting β to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- grievous β causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- ill-starred β doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- draggy β moving or developing very slowly.
- god-awful β extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- heavy β of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- depressive β Depressive means relating to depression or to being depressed.
- mopey β languishing, listless, droopy, or glum.
- beefing β the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
- mopier β mopey.
- down and out β downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- commiserable β worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- grousing β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- godawful β extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- miserable β wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- mirthless β gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.
- heartbroken β crushed with sorrow or grief.
- long-faced β having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.
- lowdown β the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- anguished β Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
noun sorrowful
- bleakness β bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- moodiness β given to gloomy, depressed, or sullen moods; ill-humored.
- mopes β to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
- cheerlessness β The state or characteristic of being cheerless.
- grieving β to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- downcastness β The quality of being downcast.
- forlornness β desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- blahs β nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
- broken heart β If you say that someone has a broken heart, you mean that they are very sad, for example because a love affair has ended unhappily.
adjective sorrowful
- woebegone β beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance.
- woeful β full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation.
- mournful β Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief.
- weeping β expressing grief, sorrow, or any overwhelming emotion by shedding tears: weeping multitudes.
- dirgeful β Having the qualities of a dirge; moaning.
- woful β full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation.
- funereal β of or suitable for a funeral.
- elegiac β (especially of a work of art) having a mournful quality.
- dolorific β Of or relating to pain.
- lachrymose β suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.