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sorrow definition

sor·row (sär′ō, sôr′ō)

noun

  1. mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, etc.; sadness, grief, or regret
  2. that which produces such suffering; trouble, loss, affliction, etc.
  3. the outward expression of such suffering; mourning; lamentation
  4. 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

to feel or show sorrow; grieve

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sorrow Synonyms

sorrow

n.

  1. Grief

    sadness, anguish, pain; see grief 1.

  2. The cause of sorrow

    catastrophe, misfortune, affliction; see difficulty 2, trouble 2.

  3. Mourning

    weeping, grieving, lamenting; see mourning 1.


sorrow

v.

bemoan, bewail, regret; see cry 1, mourn 1.


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sorrow Usage Examples

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.
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sorrow quotes

Once to die is better than length of days in sorrow without end.

-Aeschylus

'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.

-Ballads

Honouring itself the clay rears up To praise its pottering purposes, But, oh, much sorrow shall it sup Before fulfilment is.

-Barker, George Granville

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