sorrow

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UK /ˈsɒɹ.əʊ/ US /ˈsɑɹ.oʊ/

noun 2verb 2name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

deep, genuine, great, unbearable

VERB + SORROW

feel

When she heard the news about his accident, she felt deep sorrow in her heart.

express

She called her friend to express her sorrow about the loss of his father.

When tragedy struck the family, neighbors came to share their sorrow.

hide

She tried to hide her sorrow behind a smile, but everyone could see the sadness in her eyes.

bring, cause

The accident caused deep sorrow in their family for many years.

PREP

to sb's ~

To her sorrow, she discovered that her childhood home had been demolished.

with ~

She watched her childhood home being demolished, filled with deep sorrow.

~ at

She felt deep sorrow at the news of her grandmother's passing.

PHRASES

a feeling/pang of sorrow

When she heard the news, a sharp pang of sorrow swept through her heart.

full of sorrow

Her voice was full of sorrow when she told us about losing her grandmother.

tears of sorrow

When she heard the sad news, tears of sorrow rolled down her cheeks.

a time of sorrow

The whole nation felt a time of sorrow when the beloved leader passed away.

Definitions

noun

unhappiness, woe

But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.

The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.

(usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

She had nursed all the children, including Sandro, to whom she was devoted, and my husband was just as fond of her. His going away to America was a great sorrow to her, and she always kept the sacred light burning on a little altar for Sandro all the time of his long absence.

verb

To feel or express grief.

‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’

When, as sometimes happens, a lad dies from the effect of the operation, he is buried secretly in the forest, and his sorrowing mother is told that the monster has a pig's stomach as well as a human stomach, and that unfortunately her son slipped into the wrong stomach.

To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.

It is impossible to make a man naturally blind, to conceive that he seeth not; impossible to make him desire to see, and sorrow his defect.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — something that causes great unhappiness

grief

noun — sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointme

regret
rue
ruefulness

noun — the state of being sad

sadness
sorrowfulness

verb — feel grief

grieve

Antonyms

joy
joyousness
joyfulness

Idioms & Phrases

a sorrow shared is a sorrow halved

Grief can be alleviated by discussing it with someone.

As a result, the optimist always has the lower hand, given that everyone around him is the opposite. You’d be considered a leper if you did not participate in the average, mediocre

shared sorrow is half sorrow

Alternative form of a sorrow shared is a sorrow halved.

Standing shoulder- to- shoulder regularly with other men strengthens our listening skills, increases our ability to be present and open, and helps us work through some of our issue

Example Bank

But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.

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The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.

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Beijing’s bureaucrats may claim they are preventing fires, but what they are really igniting is resentment, sorrow, and resistance. The flames they lit were consuming trust, dignity, and the fragile h

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‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’

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It is impossible to make a man naturally blind, to conceive that he seeth not; impossible to make him desire to see, and sorrow his defect.

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