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Definitions for Sorrow

[1] distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
[2] a cause or occasion of grief or regret, as an affliction, a misfortune, or trouble: His first sorrow was the bank failure.
[3] the expression of grief, sadness, disappointment, or the like: muffled sorrow.
[4] to feel sorrow; grieve.
[5] the characteristic feeling of sadness, grief, or regret associated with loss, bereavement, sympathy for another's suffering, for an injury done, etc
[6] a particular cause or source of regret, grief, etc
[7] Also called: sorrowing the outward expression of grief or sadness
[8] (intr) to mourn or grieve

Words related to Sorrow

heartache, melancholy, pain, regret, agony, repentance, suffering, mourning, sadness, heartbreak, remorse, misery, unhappiness, anguish, worry, hardship, blow, misfortune, wretchedness, distress

Words nearby Sorrow

sorrel, sorrel salt, sorrel tree, sorrentino, sorrento, sorrow, sorrowful, sorrows of young werther, the, sorry, sort, sort code

Origin of Sorrow

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English sorg; cognate with German Sorge, Dutch zorg, Old Norse sorg, Gothic saurga; (v.) Middle English sorwen, Old English sorgian; cognate with Old High German sorgôn

Other words from Sorrow

sor·row·er , noun
sor·row·less , adjective
un·sor·row·ing , adjective

Word origin for Sorrow

Old English sorg; related to Old Norse sorg, Gothic saurga, Old High German sworga

Synonyms for Sorrow

agony, anguish, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, melancholy, misery, mourning, pain, regret, remorse, repentance, sadness, suffering, unhappiness, worry, affliction, blow, blues, care, catastrophe, dejection, depression, distress, dolor, grieving, lamenting, misfortune, rain, rue, trial, tribulation, trouble, weeping, woe, wretchedness, bad news, big trouble