sorrow-ridden

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sorrow-ridden

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From sorrow + ridden.

adjective more sorrow-ridden · most sorrow-ridden

Filled with sorrow or sorrows. […] Miss Terry is as unconvincing as the least known member of her company. She is Kniertje, a fisherman’s widow, one who has already dearly paid the sea, but she does not for one brief instant suggest the sorrow-ridden fisherman’s widow; she appears to be only acting the part.
Similar: sorrowful, sorrowsome, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen

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@misc{sorrow_ridden_2026,
  title = {sorrow-ridden},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sorrow-ridden},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}