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sorrowful

/ˈsɒrə(ʊ)fʊl/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsɒrə(ʊ)fʊl/
sorrowful
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

sor - row - ful -> sorrowful

Myanmar meaning

၀မ်းနည်းပူဆွေးသော ၊ စေသော ၊ ပြသသော။

Full entry

sorrow /'sɒrǝƱ/ n

(က) [U] ~ (at/for/over sth) ဝမ်းနည်းခြင်း။ ပူဆွေးခြင်း။ သောက။ express genuine/deep sorrow for having hurt sb ❍ feel great sorrow at sb's death ❍ have a lifetime of sorrow ❍ He said his decision was made more in sorrow than in anger.
(ခ) [C] ပူဆွေးစရာ။ ဝမ်းနည်းစရာ။ သောကရောက်စရာ။ the joys and sorrows of life ❍ Her death was a great sorrow to everyone.
v ~ (at/for/over sth) (fml ) ဝမ်းနည်းသည်။ ပူဆွေးသည်။ သောကရောက်သည်။ sorrowing over his child's death ❍ sorrowing at his misfortune ❍ a sorrowing widow.
❏ sorrowful /-fl/ adj (rather fml ) ဝမ်းနည်းသော။ ပူဆွေး သော။ ပူပန်သောကရောက်သော။ a sorrowful occasion ❍ a sorrowful face/look/voice.
❏ sorrowfully /-fǝli/ adv ဝမ်းနည်းစွာ။ ဝမ်းနည်းပန်းနည်း။ ဝမ်းနည်းပက်လက်။ He shook his head sorrowfully.

More examples
  • He sensed a feeling of profound sorrow in her voice.
  • [sorrow at/about] : Joe’s colleagues expressed sorrow at his tragic death.
  • They’ve had their share of sorrows.
Synonyms
grief, mourning, sadness, distress, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, regret, trouble, affliction, agonize, agony, anguish, bad news, be sad, bemoan, bewail, big trouble, blow, blues, burden, care, carry on, catastrophe, cry, cry a river, dejection, deplore, depression, disappointment, dolor, eat heart out, extreme upset, grieve, grieved, grieving, groan, hang crepe, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, lament, lamenting, melancholy, misery, misfortune, moan, mourn, pain, rain, remorse, repentance, rue, sing the blues, sob, suffering, take on, torment, trial, tribulation, wail, weep, weeping, woe, worry, wretchedness
Antonyms
advantage, aid, be happy, be joyful, benefit, blessing, cheer, comfort, delight, gladness, gloat, good fortune, happiness, health, help, hopefulness, joy, joyfulness, miracle, peace, pleasure, praise, rejoice, relief, relieve, satisfaction
Cross references
griefmourningsadnessdistresssorrowfulnessunhappinessregrettroubleafflictionagonizeagonyanguishbad newsbe sadbemoanbewailbig troubleblowbluesburdencarecarry oncatastrophecrycry a riverdejectiondeploredepression
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