1. An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
   "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"
    
2. The state of being sad
   "she tired of his perpetual sorrow";
   - sadness, sorrowfulness, tristesse [literary]
    
3. Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
   "he drank to drown his sorrows";
   - regret, rue [archaic], ruefulness
    
4. Something that causes great unhappiness
   "her death was a great sorrow to John";
   - grief

1. Feel grief
   "The widow sorrowed for her late husband";
   - grieve

Derived forms: sorrows, sorrowing, sorrowed

Type of: ache, hurt, negative stimulus, sadness, suffer, unhappiness

Antonym: joy

Encyclopedia: Sorrow