1 [U] ~ (at / for / over sth) a feeling of great sadness because sth very bad has happened
SYNGRIEF:
He expressed his sorrow at the news of her death. * They said that the decision was made more in sorrow than in anger.
2 [C] a very sad event or situation:
the joys and sorrows of childhood * His death was a great sorrow to everyone who knew him.
verb [V] ~ (over sth) (literary) to feel or express great sadness:
the sorrowing relatives * They had sorrowed over his death.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sorrow is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is sorrow a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sorrow is tagged as noun.
Does sorrow appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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