sorrowsome

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sorrowsome

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From sorrow + -some. Compare Dutch zorgzaam (“careful; considerate”), German sorgsam (“careful”).

adjective more sorrowsome · most sorrowsome · sorrow-some

Marked by sorrow; sad; dreary; sorrowful The note strikes the young artist curiously, but just then the squeaky elevator arrives with a sorrowsome ding and she is distracted by its squawking doors and a grumbling old lady with a shopping bag.
Similar: sorrowful, sorrow-ridden, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen

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@misc{sorrowsome_2026,
  title = {sorrowsome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sorrowsome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}