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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 51Թ Forms
- ǰ۴Ƿ· noun
- ǰ۴Ƿ· adjective
- ܲ·ǰ۴Ƿ·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sorrow1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sorrow1
Idioms and Phrases
see drown one's sorrows ; more in sorrow than in anger .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Most movies about school shootings, including “Elephant,” “Mass” and “The Fallout,” tackle the shock, sorrow and horror that ripple through communities.
The anguish that erupts during this “Rose’s Turn” represents more than the built-up sorrow of one embittered woman.
He said at the time that he stepped down "in sorrow with all victims and survivors of abuse".
Whether the songs are presented in their orchestral splendor or as frenetic electronica, each needle drop leavens the natural comedy of John’s frantic awkwardness or captures his chronic sorrow.
I identify as Cuban American, I identify as Cuban culturally, but I do not have the same lived experience as people who have lived both the joys and the sorrows of it.
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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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