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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sorrow

/sŏrʼō/ · Sor·row · IPA /ˈsɑɹ.oʊ/
01 n. The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of goo…
  1. 1.
    The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness.
    “How great a sorrow suffereth now Arcite!” — Chaucer.
    “The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.” — Rambler.
Syn. Grief; unhappiness; regret; sadness; heaviness; mourning; affliction. See Affliction, and Grief.
02 v. i. To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.
imp. & p. p. Sorrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sorrowing
  1. 1.
    To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.
    “Sorrowing most of all . . . that they should see his face no more.” — Acts xx. 38.
    “I desire no man to sorrow for me.” — Sir J. Hayward.