sorrow

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement (Freq. 3)
- he tried to express his sorrow at her loss
• Ant:
joy
• Hypernyms:
sadness, unhappiness
• Hyponyms:
broken heart, grief, heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartedness,
mournfulness, sorrowfulness, ruthfulness, self-pity
2. sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment (Freq. 1)
- he drank to drown his sorrows
- he wrote a note expressing his regret
- to his rue, the error cost him the game
• Syn:
regret, rue, ruefulness
• Derivationally related forms:
rueful (for: ruefulness), rue (for: rue), regret (for: regret)
• Hypernyms:
sadness, unhappiness
• Hyponyms:
attrition, contrition, contriteness, compunction, remorse, self-reproach
3. something that causes great unhappiness (Freq. 1)
- her death was a great grief to John
• Syn:
grief
• Hypernyms:
negative stimulus
4. the state of being sad
- she tired of his perpetual sadness
• Syn:
sadness, sorrowfulness
• Derivationally related forms:
sorrowful (for: sorrowfulness), sad (for: sadness)
• Hypernyms:
unhappiness
• Hyponyms:
mourning, bereavement, poignance, poignancy

II - verb

feel grief
• Syn:
grieve
• Derivationally related forms:
sorrower, griever (for: grieve)
• Hypernyms:
suffer
• Hyponyms:
mourn, feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Sam and Sue sorrow
- Sam and Sue sorrow over the results of the experiment

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sadness, sorrowfulness, grief, regret, rue, ruefulness, grieve
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  joy, joyousness, joyfulness