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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:
- the expression of grief, sadness, disappointment, or the like:
muffled sorrow.
verb (used without object)
- to feel sorrow; grieve.
Synonyms: ,
sorrow
/ ˈɒəʊ /
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
- ˈǰǷɴڳܱ, adverb
- ˈǰǷɴڳܱԱ, noun
- ˈǰǷɴڳܱ, adjective
- ˈǰǷɱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ǰ۴Ƿ· noun
- ǰ۴Ƿ· adjective
- ܲ·ǰ۴Ƿ·Բ 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
That was the sense I got from talking to people in the neighbourhood around the festival site all day: an intense mix of shock, sorrow and fury.
He was, in every sense, a true shepherd — one who bore the scent of his flock, walking closely with them through their struggles, their sorrows and their joys.
Much of that has to do with the way he holds hope in one hand and fatalism in the other, but Cassian borrows plenty of sorrow from the people surrounding him.
“Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” Farrell’s statement released by the Vatican read.
The intensity with which the teen hugs his teacher, a father figure, helps a viewer comprehend the depth of the sorrow, imbuing “The Teacher” with a moving potency.
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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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