Difference between revisions of "Sorrow"
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==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
| − | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] sorow, from [https://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 |
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
Revision as of 22:42, 12 December 2020
Origin
Middle English sorow, from Old English sorg; akin to Old High German sorga sorrow
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)'.
