Sorrowful vs Sedate - What's the difference?
sorrowful | sedate | Related terms |
Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
to tranquilize by giving a sedative; to calm; to soothe; to induce sleep.
Sorrowful is a related term of sedate.
As adjectives the difference between sorrowful and sedate
is that sorrowful is of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught while sedate is in a composed and temperate state.As a verb sedate is
to tranquilize by giving a sedative; to calm; to soothe; to induce sleep.sorrowful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- sorrowful accident
- 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.