Sir J. Hayward.
Sor"rowed (?) (&?;), a. Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. [Obs.]
Shak.
Sor"row*ful (?), a. [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.] 1. Full of sorrow;
exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. "This sorrowful
prisoner." Chaucer.
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.
Matt. xxvi. 38.
2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous;
as, a sorrowful accident.
Syn. -- Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary; grievous;
lamentable; doleful; distressing.
-- Sor"row*ful*ly, adv. -- Sor"row*ful*ness, n.
Sor"row*less, a. Free from sorrow.
Sor"ry (?), a. [Compar. Sorrier (?); superl. Sorriest.] [OE. sory,
sary, AS. srig, fr. sr, n., sore. See Sore, n. & a. The original sense
was, painful; hence, miserable, sad.] 1. Grieved for the loss of some
good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to
express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express
deeper feeling. "I am sorry for my sins." Piers Plowman.
Ye were made sorry after a godly manner.