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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the state of being sad;
- Example: "she tired of his perpetual sadness"
[syn: sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness]

2. a state of gloomy sorrow;
[syn: mournfulness, sorrowfulness, ruthfulness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sorrowful \Sor"row*ful\, a. [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.] 1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. "This sorrowful prisoner." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. --Matt. xxvi. 38. [1913 Webster] 2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident. [1913 Webster] Syn: Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary; grievous; lamentable; doleful; distressing. [1913 Webster] -- Sor"row*ful*ly, adv. -- Sor"row*ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sorrowfulness n 1: the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness" [syn: sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness] 2: a state of gloomy sorrow [syn: mournfulness, sorrowfulness, ruthfulness]