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#REDIRECT [[Melancholia]]
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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] sorow, from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''sorg''; akin to Old High German ''sorga'' sorrow
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : deep distress, sadness, or [[regret]] especially for the loss of someone or something loved
:b : resultant unhappy or unpleasant state <to their great sorrow they could not [[marry]]>
*2: a cause of [[grief]] or sadness
*3: a display of grief or sadness
==Description==
'''Sorrow''' is an [[emotion]], [[feeling]], or sentiment. Sorrow 'is more "[[intense]]" than sadness...it implies a long term state'. At the same time 'sorrow - but not unhappiness - suggests a [[degree]] of [[resignation]]...which lends sorrow its peculiar air of [[dignity]]'. Sorrow can be said to be half way between sadness ([[accepting]]) and distress (not accepting)'.
==See also==
*'''''[[Melancholy]]'''''
*'''''[[Sadness]]'''''
[[Category: Psychology]]
