sorrow

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: regretrueruefulnessgriefsadnesssorrowfulnessgrieve

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement“he tried to express his sorrow at her loss”
  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”Synonyms: regretrueruefulness
  3. something that causes great unhappiness“her death was a great grief to John”Synonyms: grief
  4. the state of being sad“she tired of his perpetual sadness”Synonyms: sadnesssorrowfulness

Verb (1)

  1. feel griefSynonyms: grieve
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

How great a sorrow suffereth now Arcite! --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Grief; unhappiness; regret; sadness; heaviness; mourning; affliction. See Affliction, and Grief. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Sorrowing most of all . . . that they should see his face no more. --Acts xx. 38. [1913 Webster]

I desire no man to sorrow for me. --Sir J. Hayward. [1913 Webster]

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