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sighful

[ sahy-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. mournful; sorrowful:

    a sighful ballad.



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Other Words From

  • sighful·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sighful1

First recorded in 1600–10; sigh + -ful
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Example Sentences

My freshness spent its wavering shower i' the dust; And now my heart is as a broken fount, Wherein tear-drippings stagnate, spilt down ever From the dank thoughts that shiver Upon the sighful branches of my mind.

The bouncing parts make my feet twitch to dance, but the sighful, wind-in-the-willow parts make me want to just lean back and close my eyes.

This made her poutish and reproachfully silent to Elizabeth, and sighful and whimsical to herself.

"Farewell!" he murmurs, then exits R. U. "Farewell" is much too sighful for An age that has not time to sigh.

"Farewell" is much too sighful for An age that has not time to sigh.

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