sorrow
21sorrow — [[t]sɒ̱roʊ[/t]] N UNCOUNT Sorrow is a feeling of deep sadness or regret. It was a time of great sorrow... Words cannot express my sorrow. Syn: anguish …
22sorrow — 1 noun 1 (U) a feeling of great sadness, usually because someone has died or because something terrible has happened to you: He expressed his sorrow at my father s death. 2 (C) an event or situation that makes you feel great sadness: the family s …
23sorrow — 1. noun /ˈsɒrəʊ/ a) unhappiness, woe b) An instance or cause of unhappiness. : Parting is such sweet sorrow. 2. verb /ˈsɒrəʊ/ To feel or express grief. ‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’ …
24sorrow — noun a feeling of deep distress caused by loss or disappointment. ↘a cause of sorrow. ↘the outward expression of grief. verb feel sorrow. Derivatives sorrowful adjective sorrowfully adverb sorrowfulness noun Origin OE sorh, sorg (n.), sorgian… …
25sorrow — sor•row [[t]ˈsɒr oʊ, ˈsɔr oʊ[/t]] n. 1) distress caused by loss, disappointment, etc.; grief 2) a cause or occasion of grief, as a misfortune 3) the expression of grief: muffled sorrow[/ex] 4) to feel or express sorrow; grieve • Etymology: bef.… …
26sorrow — see one for sorrow, two for mirth; three for a wedding, four for a birth help you to salt, help you to sorrow he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing …
27sorrow — n. & v. n. 1 mental distress caused by loss or disappointment etc. 2 a cause of sorrow. 3 lamentation. v.intr. 1 feel sorrow. 2 mourn. Derivatives: sorrower n. sorrowing adj. Etymology: OE sorh, sorg …
28sorrow — Synonyms and related words: ache, adversity, afflict, affliction, aggrieve, agonize, agony, anguish, apologies, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, bad luck, bemoan, bemoaning, bewail, bewailing, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitter pill,… …
29sorrow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grief, sadness, dolor, distress; contrition, remorse, penitence; affliction, woe. See dejection. Ant., joy, happiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Grief] Syn. sadness, anguish, pain; see grief 1 . 2. [The… …
30sorrow — Venereal term used for prostitutes. Not as in venereal disease, but as in venery, relating to hunting, archaic term used now to indicate groups of like animals. pod of whales, pride of lions, senate of crows. It was late and Humphrey was in the… …
