| NOUN | feeling | sorrow | an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement |
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| feeling | sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment | |
| cognition | sorrow, grief | something that causes great unhappiness | |
| state | sorrow, sadness, sorrowfulness | the state of being sad | |
| VERB | emotion | sorrow, grieve | feel grief |
| Sounds | saa'row | |
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| Rhymes | Afro ... zero: 75 rhymes with row... | |
| Meaning | An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement. | |
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| Example | "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss" | |
| Narrower | broken heart | Devastating sorrow and despair |
| grief, heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartedness | Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | |
| mournfulness, sorrowfulness, ruthfulness | A state of gloomy sorrow | |
| self-pity | A feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings | |
| Broader | sadness, unhappiness | emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
| Opposite | joy, joyousness, joyfulness | The emotion of great happiness |
| Spanish | aflicción, dolor, pena, pesar, tristeza | |
| Catalan | aflicció, dolor, pena, pesar | |
| Verbs | sorrow | feel grief |
| Meaning | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment. | |
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| Example | "he drank to drown his sorrows" | |
| Synonyms | regret, rue, ruefulness | |
| Narrower | attrition, contrition, contriteness | sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation |
| compunction, remorse, self-reproach | A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) | |
| Broader | sadness, unhappiness | emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
| Spanish | pesadumbre, pesar | |
| Catalan | pesar, recança, remordiment | |
| Verbs | sorrow | feel grief |
| Meaning | Something that causes great unhappiness. | |
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| Synonym | grief | |
| Broader | negative stimulus | A stimulus with undesirable consequences |
| Spanish | aflicción, dolor, infelicidad, pena, pesar, tristeza | |
| Catalan | aflicció, dolor, pena, pesar | |
| Verbs | sorrow | feel grief |
| Meaning | The state of being sad. | |
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| Synonyms | sadness, sorrowfulness | |
| Narrower | mourning, bereavement | state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one |
| poignance, poignancy | A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow | |
| Broader | unhappiness | state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief |
| Spanish | amargura, compunción, desconsuelo, espina, pena, tristeza | |
| Catalan | disgust, pena, tristesa | |
| Verbs | sorrow | feel grief |
| Meaning | Feel grief. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | Sam and Sue sorrow; Sam and Sue sorrow over the results of the experiment | |
| Synonym | grieve | |
| Caused by | grieve, aggrieve | Cause to feel sorrow |
| Entailed by | lament, keen | Express grief verbally |
| Narrower | feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with | Share the suffering of |
| mourn | Feel sadness | |
| Broader | suffer | Experience (emotional) pain |
| Spanish | acongojarse, afligirse, apenarse, entristecerse | |
| Catalan | afligir-se, amoïnar-se, angoixar-se, doldre's, entristir-se | |
| Nouns | sorrow | something that causes great unhappiness |
| sorrow | an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement | |
| sorrow | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment | |
| sorrow | the state of being sad | |
| sorrower | a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) | |
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