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- pronunciation:
- sa
ro
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so
ro
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the suffering or distress resulting from an injury, loss, misfortune, or the like; grief; sadness.
- synonyms:
- distress, dolor, grief, pain, sadness, suffering, unhappiness, woe
- antonyms:
- joy
- similar words:
- cross, travail
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| definition 2: |
the cause of such suffering and distress.
- synonyms:
- affliction, distress, evil, hardship, hurt, trouble, woe
- antonyms:
- joy
- similar words:
- grief, misery, torment
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| definition 3: |
the expression of such suffering and distress.
- synonyms:
- lamentation
- similar words:
- lament
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| related words: |
anguish, calamity, contrition, distress, ill, melancholy, misery, mourning, pity, torment, trial, trouble, woe |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
sorrows, sorrowing, sorrowed |
| definition: |
to feel or express sorrow; grieve.
- synonyms:
- grieve, lament, mourn
- antonyms:
- exult, rejoice
- similar words:
- ache, anguish, bemoan, bewail, keen, rue, suffer, wail, weep
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| related words: |
repent |
| derivation: |
sorrower (n.) |
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