sorrow

Meaning

Noun

1. unhappiness, woe
2. (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.

Verb

1. To feel or express grief.
2. To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.

Synonyms

grief

sadness

distress

regret

affliction

pain

grieve

anguish

suffering

woe

misery

lament

remorse

mourn

trouble

unhappiness

melancholy

mourning

dejection

pity

heartache

depression

worry

heartbreak

despondency

gloom

deplore

sad

☹️

lamentation

rue

anger

💢

care

sorrowfulness

torment

misfortune

bitterness

bewail

compunction

trial

accident

concern

contrition

pathos

ruefulness

vexation

love

❤️

yearning

be grieved

sadden

surprise

ruth

anxiety

sympathy

dolour

wail

death

💀

agitation

longing

fear

😨

adversity

hate

😡

groan

depress

shame

be gloomy

despondence

hardship

ordeal

condolence

regretfulness

disaster

disconsolation

agony

deep sorrow

desire

lifelessness

melancholia

mirth

demand

misfortunes

moan

mortification

deduction

damage

nervousness

painfulness

distraction of mind

consternation

plague

plaint

problem

problems

punishment

regretting

reluctance

complain

repent

repentance

resentment

retribution

ridicule

compassion

wofare

commiserations

chagrin

sale

sensitivity

sentiment

soreness

sorriness

business

stew

🍲

subtraction

bungling

sufferings

taunt

terror

distress oneself

blues

tragedy

travail

be sorry

tribulation

tristesse

bemoan

troubles

uneasiness

unhappy

☹️

gainbite

wailing

weakness

weariness

weep

alarm

woeful

woefulness

worries

wretchedness

broken heart

💔

brokenheartedness

mourning dress

mental depression

affiction

apathy

fatigue

agenbite

ache

mental distraction

be sore at heart

mental pain

deep anguish

depression of spirits

discontent

disheartenment

disgrace

dismay

dissatisfaction

disappointment

dole

dolefulness

dolor

downheartedness

eat humble pie

exhaustion

dirge

gloominess

grievance

difficulty

grieved

grieving

grudge

happiness

harm

difficulties

heaviness

helpless

hurting

inappropriateness

indolence

infelicity

joy

😂

despair

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɒɹ.əʊ/

Etymology

From Middle English sorow, sorwe, sorghe, sorȝe, from Old English sorg, sorh (“care, anxiety, sorrow, grief”), from Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō (compare West Frisian soarch, Dutch zorg, German Sorge, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sorg), from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”) (compare Old Irish serg (“sickness”), Tocharian B sark (“sickness”), Lithuanian sirgti (“be sick”), Sanskrit सूर्क्षति (sū́rkṣati, “worry”). Despite the similarity in form and meaning, not historically related to sorry and sore.