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Sorrowful vs Contristate - What's the difference?

sorrowful | contristate |

As an adjective sorrowful

is of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.

As a verb contristate is

(obsolete|transitive) to make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.

sorrowful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
  • Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
    • sorrowful accident
  • * 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
    • She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.

    Synonyms

    * See also * mournful, lamentable, grievous * See also

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    contristate

    English

    Verb

    (contristat)
  • (obsolete) To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • * William Chillingworth
    • They are contristated to repentance.
  • * H. E. Dennehy
    • For the insufferable sadness of a heart smitten almost prostrate grieves, contristates , and affects me.
    (Webster 1913) ----