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sor⋅row

  [sor-oh, sawr-oh]
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–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:
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE sorg; c. G Sorge, D zorg, ON sorg, Goth saurga; (v.) ME sorwen, OE sorgian; c. OHG sorgôn

Related forms:
sor⋅row⋅er, noun
sor⋅row⋅less, 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, esp. 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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sor·row   (sŏr'ō, sôr'ō)   
n.  
  1. Mental suffering or pain caused by injury, loss, or despair. See Synonyms at regret.
  2. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune.
  3. Expression of sorrow; grieving.
intr.v.   sor·rowed, sor·row·ing, sor·rows
To feel or express sorrow. See Synonyms at grieve.

[Middle English sorwe, from Old English sorg.]
sor'row·er n.
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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.

How great a sorrow suffereth now Arcite! --Chaucer.

The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. --Rambler.

Syn: Grief; unhappiness; regret; sadness; heaviness; mourning; affliction. See Affliction, and Grief.

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.

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

I desire no man to sorrow for me. --Sir J. Hayward.
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Language Translation for : sorrow
Spanish: pena, pesar, dolor,
German: der Kummer,
Japanese: 悲しみ
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sorrow  (n.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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sorrow

see drown one's sorrows; more in sorrow than in anger.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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