sorrow

sorrow
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. grief, sadness, dolor, distress; contrition, remorse, penitence; affliction, woe. See dejection. Ant., joy, happiness.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Grief]
Syn. sadness, anguish, pain; see grief 1 .
2. [The cause of sorrow]
Syn. catastrophe, misfortune, affliction; see difficulty 2 , trouble 2 .
3. [Mourning]
Syn. weeping, grieving, lamenting; see mourning 1 .
v.
Syn. bemoan, bewail, regret; see cry 1 , mourn 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. grief lamentation, sadness, heartache, heartbreak, heavyheartedness, melancholy, despair, depths of despair, misery, woe, mournfulness, desolation, pain, depression. ''A rainy corner in your life.''—Jean Paul Richter. ''The great idealizer.''—James Russell Lowell.
2. loss trouble, adversity, hardship, disaster, tribulation, affliction, misfortune, bad luck.
ANT.: 1. joy, happiness, light-heartedness. 2. fortune, good luck, blessing
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun Mental anguish or pain caused by loss or despair: grief, heartache, heartbreak. See HAPPY. II verb To feel, show, or express grief: grieve, lament, mourn, suffer. See HAPPY.

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