sorrowing

English

Verb

sorrowing

1. present participle of sorrow

Noun

sorrowing (plural sorrowings)

1. The act of feeling sorrow.
   • 2011, Clifford Williams, Existential Reasons for Belief in God

     The daily sorrowings of grief and repentance are genuine emotions. It is simply not legitimate to maintain that the real emotions are the initial bursts of high-pitched passions […]