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UK
/sˈɒɹəʊ/
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[ US /ˈsɑɹoʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɑɹoʊ/ ]
NOUN
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sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
he drank to drown his sorrows
to his rue, the error cost him the game
he wrote a note expressing his regret -
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
he tried to express his sorrow at her loss -
the state of being sad
she tired of his perpetual sadness -
something that causes great unhappiness
her death was a great grief to John
VERB
- feel grief
How To Use sorrow In A Sentence
- You may think this trivial; the point is that if I'd mounted Miss Fanny that day I daresay I'd have lost interest in her -- at all events I'd have been less concerned to please her later, and would have avoided a great deal of sorrow, and being chased and bullyragged halfway round the world. Flash For Freedom
- More particularly, in the hoodedness of her eyes, she reminded me of Malvina Schalkova, the Prague-born artist posthumously famous for the sketches and watercolors she made in Theresienstadt, and whose self-portrait, mirroring an infinity of sorrow, I first became familiar with when I visited Theresienstadt with Zoë. Kalooki Nights
- From the past sorrows, we derive our self-respect to love our compatriots.
- 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
- So take care of them while they are there and avoid the sorrow and regret you will have when they are gone. The Sun
- She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life.
- And it becomes all of us to mourn, and to humble ourselves before him in penitent sorrow. The Nation's Mourning. A Sermon Preached Before the Congregational Church and Society in Green's Farms, Conn., on the Day of the National Fast, Occasioned by the Death of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, June 1st, 1865.
- Pain may create misery, pain may give you sorrow. It may trouble you today, but will be gone tomorrow. Pain has its ways; it surely comes but never stays. RVM
- His strong able-bodied cockswain did good service in cheerfully carrying his much-loved Commander, and they managed to return to the boat, and brought the two bereaved and sorrow-stricken ladies back to the “Pioneer.” A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries
- Ana laughed it down, stuffing her hand into her pocket and pulling out two small yellow pills, uppers to block her sorrow.