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Sorrow - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Sorrow : (noun)
1: an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or
bereavement; "he tried to express his sorrow at her
loss" [ant: joy]
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: regret, rue, ruefulness]
3: something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a
great grief to John" [syn: grief]
4: the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness"
[syn: sadness, sorrowfulness]
(verb)
1: feel grief; eat one's heart out [syn: grieve]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Sorrow |
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morganbeebe: "happiness feels a lot like Sorrow." |
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djukurt: Pools of Sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind. possessing and caressing me. across the universe |
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AndrewDeanM: "But come what Sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight." |
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