Sorrow
noun
A feeling of sadness or grief.
She expressed her deep sorrow for the loss of her father.
Often appears as...
- deep sorrow
- express sorrow
verb
To feel or express sadness or grief.
He sorrowed over the death of his dog.
Often appears as...
- sorrow over
- sorrow for
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Formal
noun
A cause or thing that brings sadness or grief.
His only sorrow was the loss of his cherished friend.
Often appears as...
- cause of sorrow
- bring sorrow
noun
A feeling of sadness or grief.
She expressed her deep sorrow for the loss of her father.
Often appears as...
- deep sorrow
- express sorrow
verb
To feel or express sadness or grief.
He sorrowed over the death of his dog.
Often appears as...
- sorrow over
- sorrow for
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A cause or thing that brings sadness or grief.
His only sorrow was the loss of his cherished friend.
Often appears as...
- cause of sorrow
- bring sorrow
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Use 'sorrow' to describe a deep, often lasting sadness, more intense than simple sadness.
After the accident, a sense of sorrow filled the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Expression
'Sorrow' is a formal word often found in literature or formal statements, not used in casual talk.
The nation shares in the sorrow following the former president's death.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Temporary
'Sorrow' suggests a lingering sadness that doesn't quickly pass.
His face bore the lines of years of sorrow.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Use 'sorrow' to describe a deep, often lasting sadness, more intense than simple sadness.
After the accident, a sense of sorrow filled the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Expression
'Sorrow' is a formal word often found in literature or formal statements, not used in casual talk.
The nation shares in the sorrow following the former president's death.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Temporary
'Sorrow' suggests a lingering sadness that doesn't quickly pass.
His face bore the lines of years of sorrow.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Use 'sorrow' to describe a deep, often lasting sadness, more intense than simple sadness.
After the accident, a sense of sorrow filled the community.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Expression
'Sorrow' is a formal word often found in literature or formal statements, not used in casual talk.
The nation shares in the sorrow following the former president's death.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Temporary
'Sorrow' suggests a lingering sadness that doesn't quickly pass.
His face bore the lines of years of sorrow.
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How can we make music...
most of this world's population in comparison to almost any other nation we've got everything we need much more than that in fact so now it's up to us to wake up and when sorrow settles in and nothing fills it up when all you see is competition all you hear is fluff remember you are not an earth to
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How the worst moments in...
would always be shadowed by the joy from the past. Nirvana, he said, is what you arrive at when you have only bliss to look forward to and find in what looked like sorrows the seedlings of your joy. And I sometimes wonder whether I could have found such fulfillment in marriage and children
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One Man’s Mission to...
I've been given some insights that help the average person understand wines are critically important it's the most marvelous experience I can get it nowhere else on this planet that I found I also feel tremendous sorrow tremendous sorrow that 95% of them were killed and
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What really matters at...
or that we mandate any particular way of dying. There are mountains of sorrow that cannot move, and one way or another, we will all kneel there. Rather, I am asking that we make space -- physical, psychic room, to allow life to play itself all the way out --
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The myth of the original...
and speak with his only companion— a stoic bull who listened patiently to the cowherd’s sorrows. But upon seeing the weaver’s beauty, the cowherd forgot his routine. While he longed to introduce himself, his lonely lifestyle had made him timid.
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These Divers Search For...
because it was like diving on a grave site you do feel like you're visiting the souls of your ancestors when you're dead and it's just difficult to explain the feeling sorrow anger disgust and you feel sort of feeling helplessness we
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The Japanese folktale of...
He soon came to a cramped cottage, with a woman crumpled outside. Filled with pity, the scholar implored the woman to share her sorrow. She explained that her mother had just died— but no one would help her with the burial.
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Battling To Save...
I can't imagine my sorrow with my magnolias were hit by the fire, so we're very lucky. Climate change or climate disruption or global warming is hitting now. I remember when I was a kid how it used to rain.
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“What happened when we...
smell of the earth on your hands and your brow. No time for sorrow, we're building tomorrow. The sound of things growing now keeps us around. As the wildness grows, and the deep wood grows,
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The habits of happiness...
It is a deep sense of serenity and fulfillment. A state that actually pervades and underlies all emotional states, and all the joys and sorrows that can come one's way.
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How can we make music...
most of this world's population in comparison to almost any other nation we've got everything we need much more than that in fact so now it's up to us to wake up and when sorrow settles in and nothing fills it up when all you see is competition all you hear is fluff remember you are not an earth to
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
would always be shadowed by the joy from the past. Nirvana, he said, is what you arrive at when you have only bliss to look forward to and find in what looked like sorrows the seedlings of your joy. And I sometimes wonder whether I could have found such fulfillment in marriage and children
Video examples
One Man’s Mission to...
I've been given some insights that help the average person understand wines are critically important it's the most marvelous experience I can get it nowhere else on this planet that I found I also feel tremendous sorrow tremendous sorrow that 95% of them were killed and
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What really matters at...
or that we mandate any particular way of dying. There are mountains of sorrow that cannot move, and one way or another, we will all kneel there. Rather, I am asking that we make space -- physical, psychic room, to allow life to play itself all the way out --
Video examples
The myth of the original...
and speak with his only companion— a stoic bull who listened patiently to the cowherd’s sorrows. But upon seeing the weaver’s beauty, the cowherd forgot his routine. While he longed to introduce himself, his lonely lifestyle had made him timid.
Video examples
These Divers Search For...
because it was like diving on a grave site you do feel like you're visiting the souls of your ancestors when you're dead and it's just difficult to explain the feeling sorrow anger disgust and you feel sort of feeling helplessness we
Video examples
The Japanese folktale of...
He soon came to a cramped cottage, with a woman crumpled outside. Filled with pity, the scholar implored the woman to share her sorrow. She explained that her mother had just died— but no one would help her with the burial.
Video examples
Battling To Save...
I can't imagine my sorrow with my magnolias were hit by the fire, so we're very lucky. Climate change or climate disruption or global warming is hitting now. I remember when I was a kid how it used to rain.
Video examples
“What happened when we...
smell of the earth on your hands and your brow. No time for sorrow, we're building tomorrow. The sound of things growing now keeps us around. As the wildness grows, and the deep wood grows,
Video examples
The habits of happiness...
It is a deep sense of serenity and fulfillment. A state that actually pervades and underlies all emotional states, and all the joys and sorrows that can come one's way.
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
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David Hume
Scottish Philosopher
Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
Seeing the world is the best education you can get. You see sorrow, and you also see great spirit and will to survive.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
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Herman Melville
American Novelist
There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
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Karolyn Grimes
American Actress
Everybody has some sorrow, worry, and everybody asks God for help.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
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Andrei Platonov
Russian Writer
Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.
Quote examples
Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
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David Hume
Scottish Philosopher
Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
Seeing the world is the best education you can get. You see sorrow, and you also see great spirit and will to survive.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
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Herman Melville
American Novelist
There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
Quote examples
Karolyn Grimes
American Actress
Everybody has some sorrow, worry, and everybody asks God for help.
Quote examples
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
Quote examples
Andrei Platonov
Russian Writer
Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?
Example 1 of 10
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