Sorrowful and Sad

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Sorrowful adjective – Expressing or suggesting mourning.

Usage example: adopted a sorrowful tone of voice to read the news story about the former governor's death

Sad is a synonym for sorrowful in unhappy topic. In some cases you can use "Sad" instead an adjective "Sorrowful", when it comes to topics like feeling, wretched, despondent, lamentable. popular alternative

Nearby Words: sorrow, sorrowed, sorrowing, sorrowfully

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Sad adjective – Feeling unhappiness.

Usage example: movies in which the hero dies always make us feel sad

Sorrowful is a synonym for sad in unhappy topic. You can use "Sorrowful" instead an adjective "Sad", if it concerns topics such as feeling, wretched, despondent, lamentable. popular alternative

Nearby Words: sadness, sadly

twist	sorrowful twist	sad twist
scene	sorrowful scene	sad scene
face	sorrowful face	sad face
expression	sorrowful expression	sad expression
Other nouns: tone, music, smile, melody, ballad, farewell, moments.

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