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sorrower

sorrower

8.4
A person who feels deep sadness after losing someone
  • noun
  • /ˈsɔroʊər/
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  • She comforted the sorrower with kind words and a gentle embrace.

Examples

  • The room was silent as each sorrower remembered their loved one.

  • At the memorial, a sorrower placed flowers on the grave.

  • The sorrower sat quietly in the corner.

  • Many sorrowers gathered at the memorial service.

  • At the memorial, a sorrower placed flowers on the grave to honor their lost loved one.

  • She comforted the sorrower with kind words and a gentle embrace during his time of grief.

  • The room was silent as each sorrower reflected on the memories of those they had lost.

Synonyms

mourner
vssorrower
39 4.0

A person who feels sad because someone has died

is the experience of deep inward sadness rather than public expression
bereaved
vssorrower
  • Formal
2 7.8

A person who has lost someone they loved to death

is the general label for having lost someone rather than the emotional depth
griever
vssorrower
1 7.2

A person who feels deep sadness after someone close dies

is about deep sadness after any loss not only close deaths
bereaved person
vssorrower
  • Formal
6.7

A person whose close family member or friend has died

is focused on deep personal grief from loss not just feeling sad
heartsore
vssorrower
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who feels deep sadness and cannot find comfort, often in old writing

is the modern word for deep sadness rather than archaic usage
lamenter
vssorrower
  • Literature
7.7

A person who shows sadness at a funeral or after a death

is about inward deep sorrow rather than outward expression or complaint

How Sad

bereaved
  • Formal
2 7.8
griever
1 7.2
sorrower
8.4
mourner
39 4.0

Surface Forms

sorrower singular
sorrowers plural

Morphology

sorrower = sorrow (transparent) = sorrow + er

The word is a regular agent noun built from the verb 'sorrow' plus '-er', so its meaning is directly recoverable.

Etymology

The word sorrower is just sorrow + the ending -er. The word sorrow comes from an old English word meaning 'grief', and it is the same root as sorry, so a sorrower is 'one who' feels deep sadness, often after a loss.