sorrow
/ˈsɑɹoʊ/noun, verb2 syllables
Sorrow means: sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment.
Synonyms for sorrow22
noun, as in the state of being sad
noun, as in something that causes great unhappiness
verb, as in feel grief
also used for sorrow
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Opposites of sorrow
What does sorrow mean?5
noun
sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment“he drank to drown his sorrows”
the state of being sad“she tired of his perpetual sadness”
something that causes great unhappiness“her death was a great grief to John”
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement“he tried to express his sorrow at her loss”
verb
feel grief
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with sorrow?3
Sorrow in a sentence
- Between astonishment and sorrow, she could not speak a word.Zifre
- The soul went to dispel sorrow, it found suffering companions.anzart
- Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.carlosalberto
- To her sorrow, her only son left her alone.unknown
- Filled with sorrow, the girl looked him in the eye.unknown
- To her sorrow, she had no one to rely on.unknown
- To my sorrow, my father cannot attend the meeting.unknown
- To my great sorrow, my father died young.unknown
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Forms of sorrow
as a noun
- plural
- sorrows
as a verb
- past tense
- sorrowed
- present participle
- sorrowing
- third-person singular
- sorrows
- past participle
- sorrowed