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sorrowfulness

noun

Definition of sorrowfulnessnext
as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits with a sorrowfulness that can only be described as heart-wrenching, she read the elegy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorrowfulness
  1. melancholy
  2. depression
  3. sorrow
Noun
  • Best of Friends - The Fox and the Hound (1981) Pearl Bailey’s warm vocals paint a portrait of a friendship against all odds, tinged with an undercurrent of melancholy that foreshadows the pair's eventual falling out.
    Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
  • After the phone call from the doctor, Annie, who was already experiencing bouts of melancholy after Zoë’s birth, sank into a depression.
    Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of melancholy
Noun
  • This dimension includes positive outcomes such as happiness, positivity, satisfaction and high self-esteem as well as negative outcomes such as depression, negative emotions, relationship issues, stress and susceptibility to disorders like anxiety, addiction and mood or personality disorders.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Tricyclic antidepressants are used to treat depression and other mental health conditions.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of depression
Noun
  • Hendrix went on to say the foundation shared in the sorrow of the child’s passing.
    Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The topic, then, is sorrow, songs of sorrow, sounds of sorrow.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of sorrow
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“Sorrowfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorrowfulness. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

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