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sorrow
noun as in extreme upset, grief
Strongest matches
agony, anguish, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, melancholy, misery, mourning, pain, regret, remorse, repentance, sadness, suffering, unhappiness, worry
Strong matches
affliction, blow, blues, care, catastrophe, dejection, depression, distress, dolor, grieving, lamenting, misfortune, rain, rue, trial, tribulation, trouble, weeping, woe, wretchedness
Weak matches
verb as in be very upset, grieved
Strong matches
agonize, bemoan, bewail, deplore, grieve, groan, lament, moan, mourn, regret, sob, weep
Weak matches
be sad, carry on, cry a river, eat heart out, hang crepe, sing the blues, take on
Example Sentences
Now, we go on remembering vicariously, performing rituals of solemnity and sorrow to honour those who died, but the meaning of those rituals have changed over the years.
Han and Vallade also make room for her realizations about life’s unfairness and the inevitability of sorrow — all communicated via flights of fancy that only animation can materialize.
His memoir is sensational, sparkling with its insights and wrenching in its sorrows.
That might seem like an exciting development to you, reader, but it caused our robot to feel something like sorrow and loss.
Accepting the possibility of disillusion as part of existence allows Amélie to endure sorrow and bask in moments of elation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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