to sorrow

Examples

• All

• Some people feel sorrow more intensely than others, or should I say, some people are tougher than others.

  Blog text (13)

• She began to sorrow when she realized that she would never see her childhood friend again.

• Did never sorrow go so near my heart?

  Edward II (1991)

• What had she hoped to find but sorrow?

  Fiction book (1997)

• But now I am of an age that sorrow suits, a proper widow.

  Fiction book (2002)

• I think I know how their mothers weep and their families sorrow.

  Path to War (2003)

• The deep ecology experience was an emotional one for all of us, ranging from joy to confusion, to frustration, to sorrow.

  Academic text (2001)

• May God, in His merciful longsuffering, forgive our errors and comfort the hearts that sorrow over them.

  Blog text (9)

• Quite the contrary, people's faces usually bear looks of shock and then sorrow once it sinks in that it's true.

  Blog text (3)

• For when those passing by see such lamentable ruins, they are provoked to compassion by a certain humanity, and they sorrow over the misery they see.

  Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

M

to mourn

vsto sorrow

191 3.0

Feel or show deep sadness after someone dies

is private deep sadness used for any loss or misfortune rather than ritual expression

G

to grieve

vsto sorrow

139 3.8

To feel very sad because of a loss

is a deep sadness that applies more broadly to loss or misfortune

Antonyms

C

to celebrate

∞ 1.4

To join fun events to mark a special day or achievement

R

to rejoice

93 3.6

Feel or show that you are very happy

Compounds

D

deep sorrow

4 3.7

A very strong feeling of sadness after a great loss

C

China's Sorrow

• Archaic

7.9

A name for the Yellow River in China because its frequent floods cause great damage

How Sad

to grieve

139 3.8

to sorrow

6 5.2

to mourn

191 3.0

Surface Forms

Etymology