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akin to D. zorg care, anxiety, OS. sorga, OHG. sorga, soraga, suorga, G. sorge, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sorg, Goth. sa[ u]rga; of unknown origin.] 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. --Milton. [1913 Webster] How great a sorrow suffereth now Arcite! --Chaucer.
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The safe and general antidote against sorrow is
employment. --Rambler.
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Syn: Grief; unhappiness; regret; sadness; heaviness;
mourning; affliction. See {Affliction}, and {Grief}.
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Sorrow Sor"row, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sorrowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Sorrowing}.] [OE. sorowen, sorwen, sorhen, AS. sorgian;
akin to Goth. sa[ u]rgan. See {Sorrow}, n.]
To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced,
feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.
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Sorrowing most of all . . . that they should see his
face no more. --Acts xx. 38.
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I desire no man to sorrow for me. --Sir J.
Hayward.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

