Synonyms for sorrowfulness
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Sadness
sadness, sorrow, depression, grief, distress, melancholy, misery, unhappiness, woe, melancholia, despondency, dejection, wretchedness, infelicity
2. Mournfulness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or state of sorrow; sadness.
Forms
- Plural
- sorrowfulnesses → sadnesses, sorrows, depressions, griefs…
Example sentences
- depression The report states that there will be a depression.
- grief There are five stages of grief. Stage one: denial.
- sadness There was also an irrefutable sadness in his eyes.
- sorrow To my sorrow, my father cannot attend the meeting.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sorrowfulness | steady | |
| depression | rising | |
| grief | rising | |
| sadness | rising | |
| sorrow | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- woe1
- 5 letters
- grief1
- 6 letters
- misery3, sorrow2
- 7 letters
- sadness2
- 8 letters
- distress2
- 9 letters
- dejection
- 10 letters
- depression3, melancholy4, infelicity
- 11 letters
- unhappiness4, melancholia, despondency4, ruthfulness
- 12 letters
- wretchedness, mournfulness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (misery3 = 3 syllables).