Definitions for sorrow

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sorrow sor·row

Spelling: [sor-oh, sawr-oh]

IPA: /ˈsɒr oʊ, ˈsɔr oʊ/

Sorrow is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in sorrow (oorrsw).

Definitions for sorrow

noun

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:
3. the expression of grief, sadness, disappointment, or the like:

verb (used without object)

1. to feel sorrow; grieve.

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 Hi

Examples for sorrow

This signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war.

Did all the error and sorrow of her life pass distinctly before her?

Mother, I know the sorrow you will feel when you hear what has happened.

“The U.S. celebrates the day it became independent every year with fireworks rather than sorrow,” he said.

Incapable of movement, incapable of speech, I listened to her feverish words in an agony of shame and sorrow.

Her pallid young face, brow sweating with fear and pain, yet resolute and stiff with sorrow, makes you want to cry.

Some national conservatives reacted in sorrow to Brewer's annoucement.

She gazed on his features as he slept; and was left to sorrow alone.

There is nothing but sorrow to be found in loving her, and her heart is no larger than her feet.

Far from a rant, her tone throughout is cool and methodical, and her critiques are couched more in sorrow than in anger.