sorrow

See also: Sorrow

English

Etymology

From Middle English sorow, sorwe, from Old English sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō (compare West Frisian soarch, Dutch zorg, German Sorge, Danish and Norwegian sorg), from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”) (compare Old Irish serg (“sickness”), Tocharian B sark (“sickness”), Lithuanian sirgti (“be sick”), Sanskrit सूर्क्षति (sū́rkṣati, “worry”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sŏr'ō, IPA^(key): /ˈsɒɹəʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑɹoʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɹoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ

Noun

sorrow (countable and uncountable, plural sorrows)

1. (uncountable) unhappiness, woe
   • (Can we date this quote by Rambler and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.

2. (countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.

   Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Derived terms

• China's Sorrow
• drown one's sorrows
• Our Lady of Sorrows
• sorrowful
• sorrowfully
• sorrowfulness
• sorrowless
• sorrowly
• sorrow-ridden
• sorrowsome

 

Translations

unhappiness

• Albanian: keqardhje (sq) f, dëshpërim (sq) m, brengosje (sq) f, brengë (sq) f
• American Sign Language: A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert
• Arabic: حُزْن m (ḥuzn)
• Armenian: տխրություն (hy) (txrutʻyun), վիշտ (hy) (višt)
• Azerbaijani: kədər (az), qəm (az)
• Belarusian: сму́так m (smútak), печа́ль f (pječálʹ), го́ра n (hóra), сум m (sum), туга́ f (tuhá)
• Bengali: দুঃখ (dukkho), বেদনা (bedona)
• Breton: kastiz (br) m, kastiz (br) m
• Bulgarian: скръб (bg) f (skrǎb), печа́л (bg) f (pečál), жа́лост (bg) f (žálost), го́рест (bg) f (górest)
• Burmese: ပရိဒေဝ (my) (pa.ri.dewa.), အဆွေး (my) (a.hcwe:), အပူ (my) (a.pu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悲傷／悲伤 (zh) (bēishāng), 悲伤 (zh) (bēishāng), 悲哀 (zh) (bēi'āi), 感傷／感伤 (zh) (gǎnshāng), 感伤 (zh) (gǎnshāng)

• Czech: smutek (cs) m
• Danish: sorg (da) c, smerte (da), græmmelse
• Dutch: verdriet (nl) n, smart (nl) c, droefheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: malĝojo
• Estonian: kurbus
• Finnish: suru (fi), murhe (fi), huoli (fi)
• French: peine (fr) f, chagrin (fr)
• Georgian: დარდი (dardi), ვარამი (varami), წუხილი (c̣uxili), მწუხარება (mc̣uxareba), სევდა (sevda), ნაღველი (naɣveli)
• German: Kummer (de) m, Traurigkeit (de) f, Trauer (de) f, Sorge (de) f, Kümmernis (de) f, Leiden (de) n, Gram (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (gauriþa)
• Greek: λύπη (el) f (lýpi)

  Ancient: λύπη f (lúpē)

• Hebrew: צַעַר (he) m (tsa'ár)
• Hindi: दुःख (hi) m (duḥkh), उदासी (hi) (udāsī), शोक (hi) m (śok), ग़म m (ġam), अफ़सोस m (afsos)
• Hungarian: bánat (hu), szomorúság (hu), bú (hu), búbánat (hu)
• Icelandic: sorg (is) f
• Ido: chagreno (io)
• Irish: brón m, cumha m, tuirse (ga) f, ong m (literary)
• Italian: tristezza (it), dolore (it), pena (it) f, afflizione (it) f, infelicità (it) f
• Japanese: 悲しみ (ja) (かなしみ, kanashimi), 悲哀 (ja) (ひあい, hiai)
• Kazakh: қайғы (qaiğy)
• Khmer: ទុក្ខ (km) (tuk), ថ្នាំង (km) (thnang), សោក (km) (saok)
• Korean: 슬픔 (ko) (seulpeum), 비애 (ko) (biae)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ,

• Kyrgyz: кайгы (ky) (kaygı)
• Lao: ຄວາມໂສກເສົ້າ (lo) (khuām sōk sao)
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• Latgalian: skume, žālobys
• Latin: luctus m, aegritudo
• Latvian: sēras, bēdas
• Lithuanian: liūdesys (lt) m
• Macedonian: тага f (taga)
• Malay: kesedihan
• Manx: bran, seaghyn f, smeih, sou-aigney f, trimshey f, dobberan
• Maori: pāpōuri
• Middle English: sorow, hevyte
• Mongolian: уй гашуу (uj gašuu), гашуудал (mn) (gašuudal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sorg (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: sorg f

• Old English: sorg f, caru f
• Old Norse: sorg f
• Persian: غم (fa) (ğam), اندوه (fa) (anduh), زاری (fa) (zâri), حزن (fa) (hozn)
• Polish: smutek (pl) m
• Portuguese: tristeza (pt) f, mágoa (pt) f, pesar (pt)
• Punjabi: ਦੁੱਖ m (dukh), ਦੁਖ m (dukh)
• Quechua: llaki (qu), phuti
• Romanian: tristețe (ro) f, întristare (ro) f, mâhnire (ro) f, supărare (ro) f, nefericire (ro) f, durere (ro) f
• Russian: го́ре (ru) n (góre), печа́ль (ru) f (pečálʹ), грусть (ru) f (grustʹ), тоска́ (ru) f (toská), уны́ние (ru) n (unýnije), скорбь (ru) f (skorbʹ)
• Sanskrit: अप्रसन्नता (aprasannatā), दुःख (sa) n (duḥkha)
• Scottish Gaelic: bròn m, èislean m, duilichinn f, doilgheas m, tùirse f, mulad m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: жа̏ло̄ст f, ту́га f

  Roman: žȁlōst (sh) f, túga (sh) f

• Slovak: smútok m, zármutok m
• Slovene: žalost (sl) f
• Spanish: tristeza (es) f, aflicción (es) f, infelicidad (es) f, pesar (es) m, pesadumbre (es) f, dolor (es) m, pena (es) f, sinsabor (es) m, quebranto (es)
• Swedish: sorg (sv) c
• Tajik: ғам (ġam), андӯҳ (andüh), ҳузн (huzn), ғусса (ġussa)
• Tatar: кайгы (tt) (qaygı)
• Telugu: దిగులు (te) (digulu), బాధ (te) (bādha)
• Thai: ความทุกข์ (th) (kwaam-túk), ความเศร้า (th) (kwaam sâo), ทุกข์ (th) (túk)
• Turkish: üzüntü (tr), keder (tr)
• Turkmen: gussa, gynanç
• Ukrainian: печа́ль f (pečálʹ), го́ре n (hóre), сму́ток m (smútok), скорбо́та f (skorbóta)
• Urdu: غم (ur) m (ġam), افسوس m (afsos), دکھ (dukh), سوگ (sug), اداسی (udāsī)
• Uyghur: قايغۇ (qayghu)
• Uzbek: qaygʻu (uz), anduh (uz), gʻam (uz)
• Vietnamese: nỗi buồn (vi), sự buồn (vi)
• Welsh: tristwch m, trymfryd m, galar (cy) m, gofid (cy) m
• Western Panjabi: دکھ (pnb)

instance or cause of unhappiness

• Bengali: বেদনা (bedona)
• Finnish: suru (fi), murhe (fi), huoli (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
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• Old English: sorg f, caru f
• Russian: го́ре (ru) n (góre), печа́ль (ru) f (pečálʹ), грусть (ru) f (grustʹ)

Verb

sorrow (third-person singular simple present sorrows, present participle sorrowing, simple past and past participle sorrowed)

1. (intransitive) To feel or express grief.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 424:

     ‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’

2. (transitive) To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.
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Derived terms

• besorrow

Translations

to show grief

• Maori: huamo
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References

• “sorrow”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "sorrow" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.