Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sorrowsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sor-row-some
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Marked by sorrow; sad; dreary; sorrowful

Example Sentences

"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."
"Then He too laughing asks me “Why so pale And sorrow-some? [...]”"
"She burst into sobs and moans, wailing like nobody's business a prompting the gathering to follow her sorrow-some lead."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sorrow

Inflected Forms

more sorrowsome (comparative) most sorrowsome (superlative) sorrow-some (alternative)

Synonyms

sorrowful sorrow-ridden atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen

Questions

What does sorrowsome mean?: Marked by sorrow; sad; dreary; sorrowful
Where does sorrowsome come from?: From sorrow + -some. Compare Dutch zorgzaam (“careful; considerate”), German sorgsam (“careful”).

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