Sorrow synonyms and antonyms
sŏr'ō, sôr'ō
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Part of speech:
Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
Bad luck; ill fortune; trouble; adversity
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Lacking power, position, or value; worthy of little regard.
Mourned for
mourning (related)
The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
commiserable
(Obsolete) pitiable
(Obsolete) Contemptuous.
Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins; contrite.
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Arousing or deserving pity, sometimes mixed with scorn or contempt
exultation (related)
The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.
The definition of compassion means to have sympathy and want to help a person or people who are going through a difficult time.
A sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing:
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(Cause of) discomfort.
happiness (antonym)
Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; "” used especially of language.
joy (antonym)
Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or an instance of such feeling.
be happy (antonym)
be very upset, grieved
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Sorrow or grief; mental anguish
To cause to be sorrowful; distress:
Lament is defined as to feel loss, sorrow or regret, often expressed in a physical way.
To feel or express grief or sorrow.
happy (related)
To feel, show, or express grief
Sorrow over a person or thing gone, lost, etc.
Any of a genus (Ruta) of strong-scented shrubs of the rue family, esp. an herb (R. graveolens) with yellow flowers and bitter-tasting leaves formerly used in medicine
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affliction (related)
misery (related)
To moan about or deplore (a loss, grief, etc.); lament
The definition of anguish is a feeling of physical or mental pain.
A violent, intense struggle, especially the struggle that precedes death.
The definition of contrition is a feeling of remorse about having done something wrong.
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A heavy quality or state
Remorse is a feeling of regret or sadness.
The feeling of not being happy
To lose hope; be without hope
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To say with a moan
To feel pity for (someone or something). [from 15th c.]
To lament; to complain.
relief (antonym)
Relief is the ease of pain, tension, strain or other discomfort.
rejoice (antonym)
To rejoice is to feel great happiness or joy, or to take great pleasure in something.
relieve (antonym)
To lighten the pressure, stress, weight, etc. on (something)
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delight (antonym)
To give great pleasure or joy:
be joyful (antonym)
be very upset, grieved
Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment
To put up with; tolerate:
The property of being rueful.
weariness (related)
longing (related)
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vexation (related)
bitterness (related)
gladness (related)
dejection (related)
dolour (related)
(Informal) A source of annoyance; a nuisance:
The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.
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The act of one who or that which weeps
difficulty (related)
Something that is difficult, as a hard problem or an obstacle or objection
The definition of contrite is feeling or expressing sorrow or regret.
Causing grief:
The definition of mournful is feeling or expressing sorrow, grief or depression.
The definition of plaintive is something that is sad, mournful or expresses sorrow.
Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.
Full of remorse; feeling, expressing, or caused by remorse
Inspiring pity or compassion.
Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death
The condition or quality of being penitent; regret for wrongdoing.
A feeling of approval of or agreement with an idea, cause, etc.
To feel or show sorrow or pity for
To be regretful or sorry about; lament
To discomfort is defined as to make someone feel uncomfortable or to cause slight pain.
An act or instance of grieving.
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