sorrow
Definitions
- A surname.
- unhappiness, woe
- mourning
- (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
- duel
- first-person singular present indicative of doler
- first-person singular present indicative of dolar
Equivalents
Examples
“But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like⟳ that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.”
“The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.”
“Beijing’s bureaucrats may claim⟳ they are preventing fires, but what they are really igniting is resentment, sorrow, and resistance. The flames they lit were consuming trust⟳, dignity, and the fragile hope⟳ that religious freedom might one day be respected in Tibet.”
“Parting is such sweet sorrow.”
“She had nursed all the children, including Sandro, to whom she was devoted, and my husband was just as fond of her. His going away to America was a great sorrow to her, and she always kept the sacred light⟳ burning on a little altar for Sandro all the time of his long absence.”
“Vaublanc, in San Domingo so sympathetic to the sorrows of labour in France, had to fly⟳ from Paris in August, 1792, to escape⟳ the wrath of the French workers.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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