sorrow
Noun
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An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement (synset 107549818)
"he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"is a type of: sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-beingsubtypes:
- broken heart - devastating sorrow and despair
- brokenheartedness, grief, heartache, heartbreak - intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
- mournfulness, ruthfulness, sorrowfulness - a state of gloomy sorrow
- self-pity - a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings
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Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment (synset 107551058)
"he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"is a type of: sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-beingsubtypes:
- attrition, contriteness, contrition - sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
- compunction, remorse, self-reproach - a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
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Something that causes great unhappiness (synset 105842007)
"her death was a great grief to John"is a type of: negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequencessame as: grief
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The state of being sad (synset 114012536)
"she tired of his perpetual sadness"is a type of: unhappiness - state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep griefsubtypes:
- bereavement, mourning - state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
- poignance, poignancy - a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
same as: sadness, sorrowfulness
Verb
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Feel grief (synset 201801358)
is a type of: suffer - experience (emotional) painsubtypes:
- mourn - feel sadness
- compassionate, condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with - share the suffering of
same as: grieve
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