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Sorrow

//ˈsɒɹ.əʊ//

Definitions

nounsorrows

1
unhappiness, woe
But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.
Similar
dejection blueness tristesse
2
usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
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misfortune woe adversity

verbsorrows · sorrowing · sorrowed

1
To feel or express grief.
‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’
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grieve

nameSorrows

1
A surname.

Word Origin

From Middle English sorwe, sorow, sorewe, from Old English sorg, sorh (“care, anxiety, sorrow, grief”), from Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō (compare West Frisian soarch, Dutch ...

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Sorrow

//ˈsɒɹ.əʊ//

Definitions

nounsorrows

1
unhappiness, woe
But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.
Similar
dejection blueness tristesse
2
usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
Similar
misfortune woe adversity

verbsorrows · sorrowing · sorrowed

1
To feel or express grief.
‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’
Similar
grieve

nameSorrows

1
A surname.

Word Origin

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mourn

aggrieve

To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.

It is impossible to make a man naturally blind, to conceive that he seeth not; impossible to make him desire to see, and sorrow his defect.

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bewail grieve begrieve