3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sorrow \Sor"row\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sorrowed}; p. pr & vb
n. {Sorrowing}.] [OE. sorowen sorwen, sorhen, AS sorgian;
akin to Goth. sa['u]rgan. See {Sorrow}, n.]
To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced,
feared, or done to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.
Sorrowing most of all . . . that they should see his
face no more --Acts xx 38.
I desire no man to sorrow for me --Sir J.
Hayward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sorrow \Sor"row\, n. [OE. sorwe, sorewe, sor?e, AS sorg, sorh;
akin to D. zorg care anxiety, OS sorga, OHG. sorga, soraga,
suorga G. sorge, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sorg, Goth. sa['u]rga;
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.
How great a sorrow suffereth now Arcite! --Chaucer.
The safe and general antidote against sorrow is
employment. --Rambler.
Syn: Grief; unhappiness; regret; sadness; heaviness;
mourning; affliction. See {Affliction}, and {Grief}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sorrow
n 1: an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or
bereavement; "he tried to express his sorrow at her
loss" [ant: {joy}]
2: sadness associated with some wrong done or some
disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote
a note expressing his regret" [syn: {regret}, {ruefulness}]
3: something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a
great grief to John" [syn: {grief}]
4: the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness"
[syn: {sadness}, {sorrowfulness}]
v : feel grief; eat one's heart out [syn: {grieve}]
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