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sorrow
[ sor-oh, sawr-oh ]
noun
- distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- a cause or occasion of grief or regret, as an affliction, a misfortune, or trouble:
His first sorrow was the bank failure.
Synonyms: adversity
- the expression of grief, sadness, disappointment, or the like:
muffled sorrow.
sorrow
/ ˈsɒrəʊ /
noun
- the characteristic feeling of sadness, grief, or regret associated with loss, bereavement, sympathy for another's suffering, for an injury done, etc
- a particular cause or source of regret, grief, etc
- Also calledsorrowing the outward expression of grief or sadness
verb
- intr to mourn or grieve
Derived Forms
- ˈsorrowfully, adverb
- ˈsorrowfulness, noun
- ˈsorrowful, adjective
- ˈsorrower, noun
Other Words From
- sorrow·er noun
- sorrow·less adjective
- un·sorrow·ing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sorrow1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sorrow1
Idioms and Phrases
see drown one's sorrows ; more in sorrow than in anger .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"We lost our friend. All that transpired in the process was sorrow."
Her great-uncle had issued a mandate from his village that they would not mourn his sister’s death in typical Zambian fashion: No one would sleep over at the house; no one would wail in sorrow.
Shame competes with outrage competes with sorrow for what Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people have gone through and will continue to go through.
It gobbled up my sorrows with its gaping mouth of everything-ness.
“It goes without saying, the past few days have been filled with emotions: shock, anger, sorrow, concern, and ultimately, resolve,” artists who previously worked at the Mill told Variety in a statement.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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