Sorrow

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: sor=row

CIDE DICTIONARY

Sorrow, n. [OE. sorwe, sorewe, sore, AS. sorg, sorh; akin to D. zorg care, anxiety, OS. sorga, OHG. sorga, soraga, suorga, G. sorge, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sorg, Goth. saúrga; of unknown origin.].

 The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
"How great a sorrow suffereth now Arcite!"  [1913 Webster]
"The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Grief; unhappiness; regret; sadness; heaviness; mourning; affliction. See Affliction, and Grief.

Sorrow, v. i. [OE. sorowen, sorwen, sorhen, AS. sorgian; akin to Goth. saúrgan. See Sorrow, n.].

 To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.  [1913 Webster]
"Sorrowing most of all . . . that they should see his face no more."  [1913 Webster]
"I desire no man to sorrow for me."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Sorrow, 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.

Derivative

sorrower n. sorrowing adj.

Etymology

OE sorh, sorg

THESAURUS

Sorrow

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, bitterness, bleed, break down, bring to tears, brood over, burden, burden of care, cankerworm of care, care, cares, carking care, contriteness, contrition, cross, crown of thorns, crush, curse, cut up, dejection, deplore, depression, desolate, desolateness, desolation, dirge, discomfort, dismay, distress, dole, dolor, draw tears, elegize, embitter, encumbrance, fret, gall, gall and wormwood, give sorrow words, grief, grievance, grieve, grieving, groan, hard luck, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, heartfelt grief, heartgrief, howling, infliction, inundate, keen, keening, knell, lament, lamentation, lamenting, languishment, load, melancholy, misery, misfortune, moan, moaning, mope, mourn, mourning, oppress, oppression, overwhelm, pack of troubles, pain, peck of troubles, pine, pine away, pining, pressure, prostrate, prostration, regret, regretfulness, regrets, regretting, remorse, remorse of conscience, remorsefulness, repine, repining, rue, sadness, sea of troubles, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, shamefulness, sigh, sing the blues, sob, sorriness, sorrowfulness, sorrowing, strain, suffering, take on, thorn, torment, travail, trial, tribulation, trouble, ululation, unhappiness, wailing, waters of bitterness, weep over, weight, wistfulness, woe, wretchedness

ROGET THESAURUS

Sorrow

Pain

N mental suffering, pain, dolor, suffering, sufferance, ache, smart, passion, displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet, malaise, inquietude, uneasiness, vexation of spirit, taking, discontent, dejection, weariness, anhedonia, annoyance, irritation, worry, infliction, visitation, plague, bore, bother, botheration, stew, vexation, mortification, chagrin, esclandre, mauvais quart d'heur, care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, trial, ordeal, fiery ordeal, shock, blow, cark, dole, fret, burden, load, concern, grief, sorrow, distress, affliction, woe, bitterness, heartache, carking cares, heavy heart, aching heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, heavy affliction, gnawing grief, unhappiness, infelicity, misery, tribulation, wretchedness, desolation, despair, extremity, prostration, depth of misery, nightmare, ephialtes, incubus, pang, anguish, agony, torture, torment, purgatory, hell upon earth, iron age, reign of terror, slough of despond, peck of troubles, ills that flesh is heir to, miseries of human life, unkindest cut of all, sufferer, victim, prey, martyr, object of compassion, wretch, shorn lamb, in pain, in a state of pain, full of pain, suffering, pained, afflicted, worried, displeased, aching, griped, sore, on the rack, in limbo, between hawk and buzzard, uncomfortable, uneasy, ill at ease, in a taking, in a way, disturbed, discontented, out of humor, weary, heavy laden, stricken, crushed, a prey to, victimized, ill-used, unfortunate, to be pitied, doomed, devoted, accursed, undone, lost, stranded, fey, unhappy, infelicitous, poor, wretched, miserable, woe-begone, cheerless, careworn, concerned, sorry, sorrowing, sorrowful, cut up, chagrined, horrified, horror-stricken, in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief, in tears, steeped to the lips in misery, heart-stricken, heart-broken, heart-scalded, broken-hearted, in despair, the iron entered into our soul, haeret lateri lethalis arundo, one's heart bleeding, down, thou climbing sorrow, mirth cannot move a soul in agony, nessun maggior dolere che ricordarsi del tempo fel, sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier th, the Niobe of Nations.