sorrow
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oʊ, ˈsɔr noun
1.
distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
2.
a cause or occasion of grief or regret, as an affliction, a misfortune, or trouble: His first sorrow was the bank failure.
3.
the expression of grief, sadness, disappointment, or the like: muffled sorrow.
verb (used without object)
4.
to feel sorrow; grieve.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English sorg; cognate with German Sorge, Dutch zorg, Old Norse sorg, Gothic saurga; (v.) Middle English sorwen, Old English sorgian; cognate with Old High German sorgôn
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English sorg; cognate with German Sorge, Dutch zorg, Old Norse sorg, Gothic saurga; (v.) Middle English sorwen, Old English sorgian; cognate with Old High German sorgôn
Related forms
sor·row·er, noun
sor·row·less, adjective
un·sor·row·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. Sorrow, distress, grief, misery, woe imply bitter suffering, especially as caused by loss or misfortune. Sorrow is the most general term. Grief is keen suffering, especially for a particular reason. Distress implies anxiety, anguish, or acute suffering caused by the pressure of trouble or adversity. Misery suggests such great and unremitting pain or wretchedness of body or mind as crushes the spirit. Woe is deep or inconsolable grief or misery. 2. adversity. 4. mourn, lament.
1. Sorrow, distress, grief, misery, woe imply bitter suffering, especially as caused by loss or misfortune. Sorrow is the most general term. Grief is keen suffering, especially for a particular reason. Distress implies anxiety, anguish, or acute suffering caused by the pressure of trouble or adversity. Misery suggests such great and unremitting pain or wretchedness of body or mind as crushes the spirit. Woe is deep or inconsolable grief or misery. 2. adversity. 4. mourn, lament.
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sorrow (ˈsɒrəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the characteristic feeling of sadness, grief, or regret associated with loss, bereavement, sympathy for another's suffering, for an injury done, etc |
| 2. | a particular cause or source of regret, grief, etc |
| 3. | Also called: sorrowing the outward expression of grief or sadness |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (intr) to mourn or grieve |
| [Old English sorg; related to Old Norse sorg, Gothic saurga, Old High German sworga] | |
| 'sorrower | |
| —n | |
| 'sorrowful | |
| —adj | |
| 'sorrowfully | |
| —adv | |
| 'sorrowfulness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
sorrow
O.E. sorg "grief, regret, trouble, care," from P.Gmc. *surgo (cf. O.S. sorga, O.N. sorg, M.Du. sorghe, Du. zorg, O.H.G. soraga, Ger. sorge, Goth. saurga), perhaps from PIE *swergh- (cf. Skt. surksati "cares for," Lith. sergu "to be sick," O.C.S. sraga "sickness," O.Ir. serg "sickness"). The verb is O.E.
sorgian.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
Some fervent believers cut their heads with the flat edge of swords to show their grief and sorrow.
She left and hanged herself in one of the huts, not out of sorrow but to revenge herself by haunting her disloyal lover.
The willow was beloved in olden times as a symbol of sorrow and grace.
Hat in hand one expresses sorrow for not reading a whiff of either argument.
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