Antonyms for sorrow


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : sor-oh, sawr-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɒr oʊ, ˈsɔr oʊ


Definition of sorrow

Origin :
  • Old English sorg "grief, regret, trouble, care, pain, anxiety," from Proto-Germanic *sorg- (cf. Old Saxon sorga, Old Norse sorg, Middle Dutch sorghe, Dutch zorg, Old High German soraga, German sorge, Gothic saurga), perhaps from PIE *swergh- "to worry, be sick" (cf. Sanskrit surksati "cares for," Lithuanian sergu "to be sick," Old Church Slavonic sraga "sickness," Old Irish serg "sickness"). Not connected etymologically with sore (adj.) or sorry.
  • noun extreme upset, grief
  • verb be very upset, grieved
Example sentences :
  • She gazed on his features as he slept; and was left to sorrow alone.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • There is nothing but sorrow to be found in loving her, and her heart is no larger than her feet.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Did all the error and sorrow of her life pass distinctly before her?
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • This signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Mother, I know the sorrow you will feel when you hear what has happened.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • It haunted him every moment, and added to the weight of sorrow which seemed crushing him.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • It was the music of climes where sorrow is but the memory of that which has been turned into joy.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Now, she quickened her pace, anxious for the plunge that should set the term to sorrow.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The woman before her had been disciplined by sorrow to sternest self-control.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • More than this, there is about sorrow an intense, an extraordinary reality.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

Synonyms for sorrow

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