Lexic.us

Definition of Sorrow

1. Noun. An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement. "He tried to express his sorrow at her loss"

2. Verb. Feel grief. "Sam and Sue sorrow over the results of the experiment"

3. Noun. Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment. ; "To his rue, the error cost him the game"

4. Noun. Something that causes great unhappiness. "Her death was a great grief to John"

5. Noun. The state of being sad. "She tired of his perpetual sadness"

Definition of Sorrow

1. n. 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.

2. v. i. To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.

Definition of Sorrow

1. Noun. unhappiness, woe ¹

2. Noun. (qualifier usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To feel or express grief. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To feel grief over; to mourn, regret. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sorrow

1. to grieve [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: grieve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorrow

sorptive sorr sorra sorrance sorrances sorras sorrel sorrel tree sorrels sorrier

sorries sorriest sorrily sorriness sorrinesses sorrow (current term) sorrowe sorrowed sorrower sorrowers

sorrowes sorroweth sorrowful sorrowfully sorrowfulness sorrowfulnesses sorrowing sorrowing(a) sorrowingly sorrowless

Literary usage of Sorrow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Graunt mercy good friend1' (quod he) " I thanke tbee, that t hou wouldest so, But it may neuer the rather be do, No man may my sorrow glade, That maketh my ..."

2. Sermons by Phillips Brooks (1896)
"The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich and He addeth no sorrow with it. ... Plenty of riches Solomon had found, but always there had been a sorrow with it ..."

3. The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1903)
"THEY that walked in darkness sang songs in the olden days — sorrow Songs — for they were weary at heart. And so before each thought that I have written in ..."

4. The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1907)
">=t*=i=t THEY that walked in darkness sang songs in the olden days — sorrow Songs — for they were weary at heart. And so before each thought that I have ..."

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