sorrowful

adj

1. sad, unhappy, dejected, depressed, despondent, crestfallen, chapfallen, downcast, Inf. down, Inf. low, feeling low, in low spirits, in the doldrums, Inf. down in the dumps, Inf. down in the mouth; discouraged, disheartened, downhearted, dispirited, Sl. bummed or bummed out; gloomy, melancholy, blue; inconsolable, disconsolate, heavy-hearted, crushed, broken, heartbroken, brokenhearted, sick at heart, heartsick; wretched, miserable, woebegone; bowed-down, heavy-laden, in the depths or bowels of despair, Sl. in the pits.

2. plaintive, mournful, sighful, full of pathos; wistful, longing, yearning; wailing, ululating, crying, moaning, weeping; heart-rending, moving, affecting, touching; doleful, rueful; pitiful, piteous, pathetic; elegiac, dirgelike, dirgeful.

3. grievous, lamentable, unfortunate, deplorable, regrettable, infelicitous, unlucky, hapless, Scot. don-sie; sore, bitter, sharp, afflictive, oppressive, distressing, painful; difficult, wearying, trying, tiring, wearing, wearisome; irksome, troublesome, bothersome; sinister, perverse, black