Sorrow - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the state of being sad (syn: sadness)
verb
Extra examples
I felt sorrow at the death of my friend.
She had a secret sorrow.
To my great sorrow I never saw them again.
Two years later she was still sorrowing over her dead son.
He expressed his sorrow at my father's death.
Claudia felt a deep pang of sorrow for the woman.
Her friend was sorrowing over the loss of a child.
Their sorrow turned to joy.
“Good-night, good-night! parting is such sweet sorrow / That I shall say good-night till it be morrow.” Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“Good-night, good-night! Parting is such sweet sorrow...” Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
...the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age...
Our hearts bleed for you in your sorrow.
The whole village commiserated with the farmer's family in their sorrow.
Sorrow is gnawing at my heart.
My heart is laden with sorrow at the thought of your continued absence.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: sorrow
he/she/it: sorrows
present participle: sorrowing
past tense: sorrowed
past participle: sorrowed
singular: sorrow
plural: sorrows
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