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- Dictionarysorrowing/ˈsɒrəʊɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. feeling or displaying deep distress or sadness: "the sorrowing widower found it hard to relate to his sons"
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SORROWING definition: 1. present participle of sorrow 2. to feel great sadness: . Learn more.
sorrow implies a sense of loss or a sense of guilt and remorse. a family united in sorrow upon the patriarch's death. grief implies poignant sorrow for an immediate cause. the inexpressible grief of the bereaved parents. anguish suggests torturing grief or dread.
verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] formal uk / ˈsɒr.əʊ / us / ˈsɔːr.oʊ / to feel great sadness: For years she sorrowed over her missing son. Compare. grieve. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people sad, shocked and upset. aback. amiss. appall. bite. bother. haunt. heartbreaker. heartbreakingly. hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom. horrify.
Definitions of sorrowing. adjective. sorrowful through loss or deprivation. synonyms: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning. sorrowful. experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss.
adjective. literary. experiencing or expressing sorrow. The funeral was arranged by the sorrowing mourners. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'sorrowing' in a sentence. sorrowing.
n. 1. Mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, or misfortune, or an instance of this: tried to assuage her sorrows. See Synonyms at regret. 2. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune: "I must struggle through my sorrows and difficulties as I can" (Jane Austen). 3. Expression of sorrow, or an instance of this: I listened to his sorrows.
(a cause of) a feeling of great sadness: sorrow at The sorrow she felt at the death of her husband was almost too much to bear. sorrow over He expressed sorrow over the suffering inflicted during the war. The sorrows of her earlier years gave way to joy in later life. Synonyms. sadness (FEELING) unhappiness.
