sorrow
pronunciation
How to pronounce sorrow in British English:
UK [ˈsɒrəʊ]
How to pronounce sorrow in American English:
US [ˈsɑːroʊ]
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- Noun:
- an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
- sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
- something that causes great unhappiness
- the state of being sad
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- Verb:
- feel grief; eat one's heart out
Word Origin
- sorrow (n.)
- Old English sorg "grief, regret, trouble, care, pain, anxiety," from Proto-Germanic *sorg- (cognates: Old Saxon sorga, Old Norse sorg, Middle Dutch sorghe, Dutch zorg, Old High German soraga, German sorge, Gothic saurga), perhaps from PIE *swergh- "to worry, be sick" (cognates: Sanskrit surksati "cares for," Lithuanian sergu "to be sick," Old Church Slavonic sraga "sickness," Old Irish serg "sickness"). Not connected etymologically with sore (adj.) or sorry.
- sorrow (v.)
- Old English sorgian, from sorg (see sorrow (n.)). Related: Sorrowed; sorrowing. Compare Dutch zorgen, German sorgen, Gothic saurgan.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Sorrow and anger are metabolically expensive and time consuming .
- 2. Here we are once again good morning sorrow
- 3. With so much needless fear and sorrow ?
- 4. The bitterest thing in our today 's sorrow is the memory of our yesterday 's joy .
- 5. After last night 's passionate sorrow , they both felt heavy and lacking in energy .