Is it right to say “I am sorrowful”?
What is difference between "I am sorrowful" and "I am sad"?
And is "sorrowful" allowed to be used to describe people or does it only describe things (such as: sorrowful sigh)?
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And is "sorrowful" allowed to be used to describe people or does it only describe things (such as: sorrowful sigh)?
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Sorrowful is not much different to sad, but I've found that sorrowful is deeper/more intense and more related to the emotions of grief and depression.
Sorrow: A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others
Sadness is less intense and linked to the lighter emotion unhappiness.
Sad: Relating to unhappiness and downcast. - Merriam-Webster
As for your second question, I am sorrowful is grammatically correct, but isn't generally used; I am grief-stricken or I am forlorn are more common.
Grief-stricken: Overcome with deep or intense sorrow.
Forlorn: Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
All definitions taken from Oxford Dictionaries, except where stated otherwise.
answered Dec 18 at 20:56
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@ALambentEye Done
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Dec 18 at 20:59
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Because I am full of sorrow is correct, and the suffix -ful cuts out the need for unnecessary words.
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:02
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And, it's a song title ;)google.com/…
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Dec 18 at 21:03
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Why? my sources are reliable!
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Sorrowful is not much different to sad, but I've found that sorrowful is deeper/more intense and more related to the emotions of grief and depression.
Sorrow: A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others
Sadness is less intense and linked to the lighter emotion unhappiness.
Sad: Relating to unhappiness and downcast. - Merriam-Webster
As for your second question, I am sorrowful is grammatically correct, but isn't generally used; I am grief-stricken or I am forlorn are more common.
Grief-stricken: Overcome with deep or intense sorrow.
Forlorn: Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
All definitions taken from Oxford Dictionaries, except where stated otherwise.
answered Dec 18 at 20:56
Lordology
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Please provide sources for your definitions to support your arguments.
– A Lambent Eye
Dec 18 at 20:58
@ALambentEye Done
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 20:59
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Because I am full of sorrow is correct, and the suffix -ful cuts out the need for unnecessary words.
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:02
1
And, it's a song title ;)google.com/…
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:03
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Why? my sources are reliable!
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:04
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Sorrowful is not much different to sad, but I've found that sorrowful is deeper/more intense and more related to the emotions of grief and depression.
Sorrow: A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others
Sadness is less intense and linked to the lighter emotion unhappiness.
Sad: Relating to unhappiness and downcast. - Merriam-Webster
As for your second question, I am sorrowful is grammatically correct, but isn't generally used; I am grief-stricken or I am forlorn are more common.
Grief-stricken: Overcome with deep or intense sorrow.
Forlorn: Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
All definitions taken from Oxford Dictionaries, except where stated otherwise.
answered Dec 18 at 20:56
Lordology
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Please provide sources for your definitions to support your arguments.
– A Lambent Eye
Dec 18 at 20:58
@ALambentEye Done
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 20:59
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Because I am full of sorrow is correct, and the suffix -ful cuts out the need for unnecessary words.
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:02
1
And, it's a song title ;)google.com/…
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:03
1
Why? my sources are reliable!
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:04
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Sorrowful is not much different to sad, but I've found that sorrowful is deeper/more intense and more related to the emotions of grief and depression.
Sorrow: A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others
Sadness is less intense and linked to the lighter emotion unhappiness.
Sad: Relating to unhappiness and downcast. - Merriam-Webster
As for your second question, I am sorrowful is grammatically correct, but isn't generally used; I am grief-stricken or I am forlorn are more common.
Grief-stricken: Overcome with deep or intense sorrow.
Forlorn: Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
All definitions taken from Oxford Dictionaries, except where stated otherwise.
answered Dec 18 at 20:56
Lordology
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Sorrowful is not much different to sad, but I've found that sorrowful is deeper/more intense and more related to the emotions of grief and depression.
Sorrow: A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others
Sadness is less intense and linked to the lighter emotion unhappiness.
Sad: Relating to unhappiness and downcast. - Merriam-Webster
As for your second question, I am sorrowful is grammatically correct, but isn't generally used; I am grief-stricken or I am forlorn are more common.
Grief-stricken: Overcome with deep or intense sorrow.
Forlorn: Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
All definitions taken from Oxford Dictionaries, except where stated otherwise.
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Please provide sources for your definitions to support your arguments.
– A Lambent Eye
Dec 18 at 20:58
@ALambentEye Done
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 20:59
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Because I am full of sorrow is correct, and the suffix -ful cuts out the need for unnecessary words.
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:02
1
And, it's a song title ;)google.com/…
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:03
1
Why? my sources are reliable!
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:04
|
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Please provide sources for your definitions to support your arguments.
– A Lambent Eye
Dec 18 at 20:58
@ALambentEye Done
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 20:59
1
Because I am full of sorrow is correct, and the suffix -ful cuts out the need for unnecessary words.
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:02
1
And, it's a song title ;)google.com/…
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:03
1
Why? my sources are reliable!
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:04
Please provide sources for your definitions to support your arguments.
– A Lambent Eye
Dec 18 at 20:58
Please provide sources for your definitions to support your arguments.
– A Lambent Eye
Dec 18 at 20:58
@ALambentEye Done
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 20:59
@ALambentEye Done
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 20:59
1
1
Because I am full of sorrow is correct, and the suffix -ful cuts out the need for unnecessary words.
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:02
Because I am full of sorrow is correct, and the suffix -ful cuts out the need for unnecessary words.
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:02
1
1
And, it's a song title ;)google.com/…
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:03
And, it's a song title ;)google.com/…
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:03
1
1
Why? my sources are reliable!
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:04
Why? my sources are reliable!
– Lordology
Dec 18 at 21:04
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