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Pronunciation : Sor"row
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. sorwe, sorewe, sor, AS. sorg, sorh; akin to D. zorg care, anxiety, OS. sorga, OHG. sorga, soraga, suorga, G. sorge, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sorg, Goth. sa?rga; of unknown origin.]
Definition : Defn: The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great a sorrow suffereth now Arcite! Chaucer. The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. Rambler.

Syn. -- Grief; unhappiness; regret; sadness; heaviness; mourning; affliction. See Affliction, and Grief.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sor"row
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. sorowen, sorwen, sorhen, AS. sorgian; akin to Goth. sa?rgan. See Sorrow, n.]
Definition : Defn: To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry. Sorrowing most of all . . . that they should see his face no more. Acts xx. 38. I desire no man to sorrow for me. Sir J. Hayward.

i. [imp. & p. p. Sorrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sorrowing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913