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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
   - grief
    
4. The state of being sad
   - sadness, sorrowfulness

1. Feel grief
   - grieve

Derived forms: sorrowed, sorrowing, sorrows

See also: sorrower

Type of: negative stimulus, sadness, suffer, unhappiness

Antonym: joy

Encyclopedia: Sorrow