sorrow
noun
[ ˈsɒrəʊ ]
• a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others.
• "a bereaved person needs time to work through their sorrow"
Similar:
sadness,
unhappiness,
dejection,
regret,
depression,
misery,
cheerlessness,
downheartedness,
despondency,
despair,
desolation,
wretchedness,
glumness,
gloom,
gloominess,
heaviness of heart,
dolefulness,
melancholy,
low spirits,
mournfulness,
woe,
broken-heartedness,
heartache,
grief,
down,
dolorous,
disconsolateness,
disconsolation,
dismalness,
sorrow
verb
• feel or display deep distress.
• "a woman had cried all night, sorrowing over the death of her husband"
Similar:
be sad,
feel sad,
be miserable,
be despondent,
despair,
suffer,
ache,
agonize,
anguish,
be wretched,
be dejected,
be heavy of heart,
pine,
weep,
shed tears,
grieve,
mourn,
lament,
wail,
Origin:
Old English sorh, sorg (noun), sorgian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zorg and German Sorge .
