Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Causing or expressing pain or grief.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Causing pain or grief.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or relating to pain.
  • adjective Causing pain or grief.

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  • Causing great sadness or sorrow. (from Phrontistery)

    May 24, 2008