SORROW

grief, sorrow

(noun) something that causes great unhappiness; “her death was a great grief to John”

sorrow

(noun) an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement; “he tried to express his sorrow at her loss”

sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness

(noun) sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; “he drank to drown his sorrows”; “he wrote a note expressing his regret”; “to his rue, the error cost him the game”

sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness

(noun) the state of being sad; “she tired of his perpetual sadness”

grieve, sorrow

(verb) feel grief

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Sorrow (plural Sorrows)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sorrow is the 22618^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1135 individuals. Sorrow is most common among White (94.19%) individuals.

Etymology

Noun

sorrow (countable and uncountable, plural sorrows)

(uncountable) unhappiness, woe

(countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.

Verb

sorrow (third-person singular simple present sorrows, present participle sorrowing, simple past and past participle sorrowed)

(intransitive) To feel or express grief.

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Sor"row, n. Etym: [OE. sorwe, sorewe, sor, AS. sorg, sorh; akin to D. zorg care, anxiety, OS. sorga, OHG. sorga, soraga, suorga, G. sorge, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sorg, Goth. saúrga; of unknown origin.]

Definition: 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.

Sor"row, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sorrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sorrowing.] Etym: [OE. sorowen, sorwen, sorhen, AS. sorgian; akin to Goth. saúrgan. See Sorrow, n.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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