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[ noun ] an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
Examples "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss" Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)Her mother wrote Kate of her grief at the death of Kate 's baby and at Jonathan 's decision to go_with the South `` And , dear Kate '' , she wrote , `` poor Dr._Breckenridge 's son Robert is now organizing a militia company to go South , to his good father 's sorrow . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)Nothing in_all the preceding years had had the power to bring me closer to a knowledge of profound sorrow than the breakup of camp , the packing away of my camp uniforms , the severing of ties with the six or ten people I had grown most to love in the world . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)In our age of Science and Angst it seems to me more brave to stay on Earth and explore inner man than to fly far from the sphere of our sorrow and explore outer_space '' . |
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[ noun ] something that causes great unhappiness
Synonyms Examples "her death was a great grief to John" Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Whosoever violates our rooftree , the legend states , can expect maximal sorrow . Related terms |
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[ noun ] sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
Synonyms Examples "he drank to drown his sorrows" "he wrote a note expressing his regret" "to his rue, the error cost him the game" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the state of being sad
Synonyms Examples "she tired of his perpetual sadness" Related terms |
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