Synonyms of the word

sorrowful

• adj. (of a person) Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
• adj. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.

anguished

• v. simple past tense and past participle of anguish.
• adj. Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.

bereaved

• adj. having suffered the death of a loved one.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of bereave.

bereft

• v. simple past tense and past participle of bereave.
• adj. (of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
• adj. Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.

bitter

• adj. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
• adj. Harsh, piercing or stinging.
• adj. Hateful or hostile.
• adj. Cynical and resentful.
• n. (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as…
• n. A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
• n. (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
• v. To make bitter.
• n. (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the…

brokenhearted

• adj. Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation…

dolorous

• adj. Solemnly or ponderously sad.

dolourous

• adj. Obsolete form of dolorous.

elegiac

• adj. Of, or relating to an elegy.
• adj. Expressing sorrow or mourning.
• n. A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a…

grief-stricken

• adj. Very sad.

grieving

• v. present participle of grieve.
• n. An act or instance of grieving.

grievous

• adj. Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
• adj. Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.

heartbreaking

• adj. That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
• n. The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.

heartbroken

• adj. Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.

heartrending

• adj. That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
• adj. That elicits deep sympathy.

heartsick

• adj. Very despondent or sorrowful.

joyless

• adj. without joy; unhappy, sad.

lachrymose

• adj. Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

lamenting

• v. present participle of lament.
• n. lamentation.

lugubrious

• adj. gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.

mournful

• adj. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
• adj. Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.

mourning

• v. present participle of mourn.
• n. The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.
• n. Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
• n. The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
• n. Drapes or coverings associated with mourning.

plaintive

• adj. Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

sad

• adj. (heading) Emotionally negative.
• adj. (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
• adj. (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
• adj. (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
• adj. (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
• adj. (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
• adj. (dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
• adj. (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.

sorrowing

• v. present participle of sorrow.
• n. The act of feeling sorrow.

tearful

• adj. accompanied by tears.
• adj. sorrowful.

tormented

• v. simple past tense and past participle of torment.

tortured

• v. simple past tense and past participle of torture.

unhappy

• adj. Not happy; sad.
• adj. Not satisfied; unsatisfied.
• adj. (chiefly dated) Not lucky; unlucky.
• adj. (chiefly dated) Not suitable; unsuitable.
• n. An individual who is not happy.

wailful

• adj. (chiefly poetic) Sorrowful; mournful.

wailing

• n. A loud drawn out scream or howl.
• v. present participle of wail.

weeping

• v. present participle of weep.
• n. Action of the verb to weep.

woebegone

• adj. In a deplorable state.
• adj. Filled with or deeply affected by woe.

woeful

• adj. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
• adj. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
• adj. wretched; paltry; poor.