Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SOR'ROW-FUL, a.

1. Sad; grieving for the loss of some good, or on account of some expected evil.
2. Deeply serious; depressed; dejected. – 1 Sam. i.
3. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; as, a sorrowful accident.
4. Expressing grief; accompanied with grief; as, sorrowful meat. Job vi.