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sor·row (sär′ō, sôr′ō)
noun
- mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, etc.; sadness, grief, or regret
- that which produces such suffering; trouble, loss, affliction, etc.
- the outward expression of such suffering; mourning; lamentation
- earnest repentance; contrition sorrow for sin
Etymology: ME sorwe < OE sorg, akin to Ger sorge < IE base *swergh-, to worry, be ill > Sans sūrkṣati, he worries about, Lith sergù, to be sick
intransitive verb
Related Forms:
- sorrower sor′·rower noun
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Alternate definitions:
sorrow
n.
Grief
The cause of sorrow
catastrophe, misfortune, affliction; see difficulty 2, trouble 2.Mourning
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Object
- relative: Our sympathies are quickened and go out to her sorrowing relatives and especially to her husband and widowed mother.
Converse of object
- drown: But even then there was still time to drown the sorrows.
Preposition: at
- loss: They have sorrow at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left.
Adjective modifier
- godly: Well, Paul was waiting to hear from Timothy what sort of sorrow the Corinthians had been experiencing - Godly sorrow or worldly sorrow.
Noun used with modifier
- ye: In fact the Bible says, " That ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Preposition: of
- heart: For sorrow results in death, and sorrow of heart saps one's strength.
Preposition: for
- sin: There is a broad distinction between the right and the wrong kind of sorrow for sin.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
Once to die is better than length of days in sorrow without end.
'Yestreen I dreamed a dolefu'dream; I ken'd here wad be sorrow! I dreamed I pu'd the heather green, On the dowie banks o' Yarrow.' She gaed up yon high, high hillö I wat she gaed wi'sorrowö An' in the den spied nine dead men, On the dowie houms o' Yarrow.
Honouring itself the clay rears up To praise its pottering purposes, But, oh, much sorrow shall it sup Before fulfilment is.
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