sorrowfulness

sorrowfulness
index pessimism

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • sorrowfulness — sorrowful ► ADJECTIVE 1) feeling or showing sorrow. 2) causing sorrow. DERIVATIVES sorrowfully adverb sorrowfulness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Sorrowfulness — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sorrowfulness — noun see sorrowful …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sorrowfulness — See sorrowfully. * * * …   Universalium

  • sorrowfulness — noun The quality or state of sorrow; sadness …   Wiktionary

  • sorrowfulness — n. feeling of grief, mournfulness, sadness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sorrowfulness — sor·row·ful·ness …   English syllables

  • sorrowfulness — noun 1. a state of gloomy sorrow • Syn: ↑mournfulness, ↑ruthfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ruthful (for: ↑ruthfulness), ↑sorrowful, ↑mournful …   Useful english dictionary

  • mournfulness — noun a state of gloomy sorrow • Syn: ↑sorrowfulness, ↑ruthfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ruthful (for: ↑ruthfulness), ↑sorrowful (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • plaintiveness — noun expressing sorrowfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑plaintive • Hypernyms: ↑mournfulness, ↑sorrowfulness, ↑ruthfulness * * * noun see plaintive * * * plainˈtivene …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”