sorrow
unhappiness, woe
Other meanings
usually in plural An instance or cause of unhappiness.
“Parting is such sweet sorrow.”
Synonyms
- grief
Related words
- seeksorrow
- sorrowy
- tree of sorrow
- China's Sorrow
- drown one's sorrows
- Our Lady of Sorrows
- sorrowful
- sorrowfully
- sorrowfulness
- shared sorrow is half sorrow
- sorrowless
- sorrowly
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "sorg".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sorrow” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.