Sorrow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Mental suffering or pain caused by injury, loss, or despair. See Synonyms at regret.
  • n. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune.
  • n. Expression of sorrow; grieving.
  • verb-intransitive. To feel or express sorrow. See Synonyms at grieve.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. unhappiness, woe
  • n. (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
  • v. To feel or express grief.
  • v. To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness.
  • verb-intransitive. To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Distress of mind caused by misfortune, injury, loss, disappointment, or the like; grief; misery; sadness; regret.
  • n. A cause or occasion of grief; a painful fact, event, or situation; a misfortune; a trouble.
  • n. The outward manifestation of grief; mourning; lamentation.
  • n. The devil: used generally as an expletive in imprecation, often implying negation. Compare devil, n., 7. Sometimes the muckle sorrow. Also spelled sorra.
  • n. Synonyms Grief, Wretchedness, etc. (see affliction), repentance, vexation, chagrin. See list under sadness.
  • To feel sorrow, sadness, regret, grief, or anguish; grieve; be sad; feel sorry.
  • To manifest sorrow; mourn; lament.
  • Synonyms To grieve, mourn. See sorrow, n.
  • To feel or display sorrow over; grieve for; mourn.
  • To give pain to; grieve.
  • To involve in sorrow; attach suffering or misery to.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the state of being sad
  • v. feel grief
  • n. something that causes great unhappiness
  • n. sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
  • n. an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
  • Verb Form
    sorrowed    sorrowing    sorrows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    mourning    mourn    to sing sorrow   
    Form
    sorrowed    sorrowing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grief    sadness    affliction    regret    mourning    unhappiness    heaviness    grieve   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Arcaro    Caro    Catanzaro    Ferraro    Kilimanjaro    Pizarro    amaro    baro    bucaro    carbonaro   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    grief    misery    sadness    joy    pain    shame    pity    distress    remorse    poverty