SORROW

Sorrow

Sorrow is an emotion, feeling, or sentiment. Sorrow 'is more "intense" than sadness...it implies a long term state'. At the same time 'sorrow - but not unhappiness - suggests a degree of resignation...which lends sorrow its peculiar air of dignity'.

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sorrow

Noun

  1. unhappiness, woe
  2. An instance or cause of unhappiness.
    Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Verb

  1. To feel or express grief.
  2. To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.


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