sorrowful

adjective

1. experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss

- sorrowful widows

- a sorrowful tale of death and despair

- sorrowful news

Similar word(s): unhappy, anguished, tormented, tortured, bereaved, bereft, grieving, mourning, sorrowing, bitter, brokenhearted, heartbroken, heartsick, dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping, elegiac, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, lamenting, wailful, wailing, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, sad, woebegone, woeful, joyless