sorrow
[noun]
Synonyms:
- grief, anguish, distress, heartache, heartbreak, misery, mourning, regret, sadness, unhappiness, woe
- affliction, hardship, misfortune, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe
[verb]
Synonyms:
- grieve, agonize, bemoan, be sad, bewail, lament, mourn

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Antonyms: joy, rejoice
Contrasted words: cheerfulness, gaiety, gladness, happiness, joyfulness, ecstasy
Related Idioms: break one's heart over, eat one's heart out
Related Words: mournfulness, sadness, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, grieving, lamentation, mourning, sorrowing, dejection, depression, melancholy, agony, distress, dolor, misery, suffering, wretchedness, groan, moan, sob

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English Thesaurus: sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, misery, despair, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. sor‧row¹ /ˈsɒrəʊ $ ˈsɑːroʊ, ˈsɔː-/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: sorg]

1. [uncountable] a feeling of great sadness, usually because someone has died or because something terrible has happened to you ⇒ grief
great/deep sorrow
a time of great sorrow
sorrow at
He expressed his sorrow at my father’s death.
sorrow for
Claudia felt a deep pang of sorrow for the woman.

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In everyday English, people usually say sadness rather than sorrow:
She talked about her sadness after his death.

2. [countable] an event or situation that makes you feel great sadness:
the family’s joys and sorrows

3. more in sorrow than in anger in a way that shows you are sad or disappointed rather than angry about a particular situation:
He said that his decision to resign was made more in sorrow than in anger.
⇒ drown your sorrows at drown(5)

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II. sorrow² verb [intransitive]
literary to feel or express sorrow
sorrow over
Her friend was sorrowing over the loss of a child.
sorrowing parents

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sorrow
noun
ADJ. deep, genuine, great, unbearable
VERB + SORROW feel I felt no sorrow for her.
express He wrote to the dead man's mother expressing his deep sorrow.
share She wanted to share his sorrow.
hide I couldn't hide my sorrow and anger.
bring, cause The war brought sorrow to millions.
PREP. to sb's ~ To his great sorrow he could not remember his mother.
with ~ They accepted the decision with sorrow.
~ at his sorrow at having to quit his job
PHRASES a feeling/pang of sorrow Claudia felt a deep pang of sorrow for her sister.
full of sorrow He looked at Katherine, his eyes full of sorrow.
tears of sorrow Tears of relief were mixed with tears of sorrow.
a time of sorrow This is a time of great sorrow for all the family.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sadness a sad feeling, caused especially when a happy time is ending, or when you feel sorry about someone else’s unhappiness:
Charles felt a great sense of sadness and loss.
I noticed a little sadness in her eyes.
unhappiness the unhappy feeling you have when you are in a very difficult or unpleasant situation, especially when this lasts for a long time:
After years of unhappiness, she finally decided to leave him.
She was a tense, nervous young woman, whose deep unhappiness was obvious to all those around her.
You do not know how much pain and unhappiness you have caused.
sorrow written the feeling of being very sad, especially because someone has died or because terrible things have happened to you:
There seemed to be nowhere to go to be alone with her sorrow.
His heart was filled with great sorrow after her death.
misery great unhappiness, caused especially by living or working in very bad conditions:
The cold weather is with us again and the misery of the homeless is increasing.
Thousands of families were destined to a life of misery.
The misery and pain he caused were, for him, merely a measure of his success.
despair a feeling of great unhappiness, because very bad things have happened and you have no hope that anything will change:
At the end of the month, she still had no job and was tired, frustrated, and close to despair.
grief great sadness that you feel when someone you love has died:
He was overcome with grief when his wife died.
heartache a strong feeling of great sadness, especially because you miss someone you love:
She remembered the heartache of the first Christmas spent away from her sons.
depression a mental illness that makes someone feel so unhappy that they have no energy or hope for the future, and they cannot live a normal life:
He slipped into a depression in which he hardly ate or even left his room.
despondency formal a feeling of being very unhappy and without hope:
She felt useless, and this contributed to her despondency.
melancholy literary a feeling of sadness, that you feel even though there is no particular reason for it:
Modigliani expressed his melancholy through his painting.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

sorrow
ˈsɔrəu
See: drown one's sorrows

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