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1. An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
   "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"
    
2. Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
   "he drank to drown his sorrows"
   - regret, rue [archaic], ruefulness
    
3. Something that causes great unhappiness
   "her death was a great sorrow to John"
   - grief
    
4. The state of being sad
   "she tired of his perpetual sorrow"
   - sadness, sorrowfulness

1. Feel grief
   - grieve

Derived forms: sorrows, sorrowing, sorrowed

See also: sorrower

Type of: negative stimulus, sadness, suffer, unhappiness

Antonym: joy

Encyclopedia: Sorrow