Thesaurus: sorrow

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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. n. To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.
3. n. an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
4. n. sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
5. n. something that causes great unhappiness
6. n. the state of being sad
7. v. feel grief
8. 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. 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.
9. The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss ofany good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectationof 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.
10. n:100 n. an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement n. sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment