Meaning & Definition of Sorrow in English
English⟶
Sorrow
/sɑroʊ/
noun
1. An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
- "He tried to express his sorrow at her loss"
synonym:
- sorrow
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"
synonym:
- sorrow,
- regret,
- rue,
- ruefulness
3. Something that causes great unhappiness
- "Her death was a great grief to john"
synonym:
- grief,
- sorrow
4. The state of being sad
- "She tired of his perpetual sadness"
synonym:
- sadness,
- sorrow,
- sorrowfulness
verb
1. Feel grief
synonym:
- grieve,
- sorrow
Examples of using
His face expresses deep sorrow and repentance.
Tom's heart was filled with sorrow.
On the inquest it was shown that Buck Fanshaw, in the delirium of a wasting typhoid fever, had taken arsenic, shot himself through the body, cut his throat, and jumped out of a four-story window and broken his neck—and after due deliberation, the jury, sad and tearful, but with intelligence unblinded by its sorrow, brought in a verdict of death "by the visitation of God." What could the world do without juries?