sorrow

Entry Word:: sorrow
Function:: noun

Text: deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved<he felt great sorrow at the loss of his beloved pet>Synonymsaffliction, anguish, dolefulness, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, sorriness, woeRelated Wordsagony, distress, pain, suffering, torment; blues, dejection, depression, desolateness, desolation, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, distress, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, misery, mopes, oppression, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness; regret, remorse, rueNear Antonymsgaiety (also gayety), gayness, humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness; hopefulness, optimism; enjoyment; content, contentednessAntonymsblessedness, bliss, blissfulness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, delight, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, pleasure, rapture, rapturousness

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