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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement;
- Example: "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"

2. sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment;
- Example: "he drank to drown his sorrows"
- Example: "he wrote a note expressing his regret"
- Example: "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
[syn: sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness]

3. something that causes great unhappiness;
- Example: "her death was a great grief to John"
[syn: grief, sorrow]

4. the state of being sad;
- Example: "she tired of his perpetual sadness"
[syn: sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness]


VERB (1)

1. feel grief;
[syn: grieve, sorrow]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sorrow \Sor"row\, n. [OE. sorwe, sorewe, sor?e, AS. sorg, sorh;
   akin to D. zorg care, anxiety, OS. sorga, OHG. sorga, soraga,
   suorga, G. sorge, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sorg, Goth. sa['u]rga;
   of unknown origin.]
   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. --Milton.
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         How great a sorrow suffereth now Arcite! --Chaucer.
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         The safe and general antidote against sorrow is
         employment.                              --Rambler.
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   Syn: Grief; unhappiness; regret; sadness; heaviness;
        mourning; affliction. See Affliction, and Grief.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sorrow \Sor"row\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sorrowed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Sorrowing.] [OE. sorowen, sorwen, sorhen, AS. sorgian;
   akin to Goth. sa['u]rgan. See Sorrow, n.]
   To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced,
   feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.
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         Sorrowing most of all . . . that they should see his
         face no more.                            --Acts xx. 38.
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         I desire no man to sorrow for me.        --Sir J.
                                                  Hayward.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sorrow
    n 1: an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or
         bereavement; "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"
         [ant: joy, joyfulness, joyousness]
    2: sadness associated with some wrong done or some
       disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a
       note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him
       the game" [syn: sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness]
    3: something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a
       great grief to John" [syn: grief, sorrow]
    4: the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness"
       [syn: sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness]
    v 1: feel grief [syn: grieve, sorrow]