Webster's English Dictionarysorrowful a. [OE. sorweful, AS. sorgful.]1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed. (Chaucer.) My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. (Matt. xxvi. 38.) 2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident. () () ()