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| afraid |
feeling polite sorrow or regret. [1/3 definitions] |
| alas |
used to express regret, sorrow, or grief. |
| bemoan |
to express pity or sorrow for. [1/3 definitions] |
| bewail |
to mourn or express great sorrow for; wail or cry over; lament. [2 definitions] |
| bitter |
full of anger, hate, or sorrow. [1/2 definitions] |
| bleed |
to feel grief, sympathy, or sorrow. [1/3 definitions] |
| broken |
devastated by sorrow. [1/9 definitions] |
| condole |
to express sympathy or sorrow for one suffering misfortune or pain. |
| deplorable |
causing sorrow or grief; lamentable. [1/2 definitions] |
| deplore |
to show or have regret or sorrow about. [1/2 definitions] |
| de profundis |
(Latin) out of the depths (used to express great sorrow or misery). |
| doleful |
full of sadness, sorrow, or melancholy. [2 definitions] |
| dolor |
a feeling or mood of sorrow, grief, or woe. |
| dolorous |
feeling, showing, or causing grief or sorrow. |
| drown |
to try to deaden (sorrow or grief) with alcoholic drink. [1/4 definitions] |
| emotion |
a strong feeling such as joy, hatred, sorrow, or fear. When one feels an emotion, there are physical changes such as an increase in pulse, crying, or trembling. [1/2 definitions] |
| gloom |
a mood or air of sadness or sorrow. [1/2 definitions] |
| grief |
intense sorrow or distress, esp. over a loss; anguish. [2/3 definitions] |
| grieve |
to feel intense sorrow; mourn. [2 definitions] |
| half-mast |
a point halfway down a flagpole. A flag is flown at half-mast as a sign of respect or sorrow when someone has died or, on a ship, as a signal of great need or trouble. |
| heartbreak |
deep sorrow or anguish. |
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