Sorrow

n. [O. Eng. sorwe, sorewe, A-S. sorg, sorh, O. Sax. sorga, soraga, soroga, sorogia, Goth. saurga, O. H. Ger. sorga, soraga, suorga, N. H. Ger. sorge, D. zorg, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sorg; allied to sore, q. v.] The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by disappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness. Milton.

The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. Rambler.

Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can not heal. T. Moore.

Synonyms—Affliction; grief; sadness; mourning.—SORROW, GRIEF, SADNESS. Sorrow denotes suffering of mind, either from the loss of some good, real or supposed, or disappointment in our expectation of good. Grief expresses a poignant or uncontrollable degree of sorrow, which weighs or presses down the mind under a sense of loss. Sadness is that depression of thought and feeling which is a frequent but not invariable result of sorrow. See AFFLICTION and GRIEF.

A world of woe and sorrow. Milton.

I will instruct my sorrows to be proud; For grief is proud, and makes his owner stout. Shak.

Dim sadness did not spare Celestial visages. Milton.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. SORROWED; p. pr. & vb. n. SORROWING.] [A-S. sorgian, O. Sax. sorgōn, sorogōn, Goth. saurgan, O. H. Ger. suorgēn, N. H. Ger. sorgen, D. zorgen, Icel. sorga, syrgia, Sw. sörja, Dan. sørge.] To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad. I desire no man to sorrow for me. Hayward.