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adjective

Definition of sorrowingnext
as in mourning

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sorrowing

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noun

as in weeping

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sorrowing

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verb

present participle of sorrow
as in grieving
to feel deep sadness or mental pain the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorrowing
  1. grieving
  2. sad
  3. mourning
  4. aching
  5. mournful
  6. suffering
  7. melancholy
  8. unhappy
Verb
  • Ward, 28, missed four games while grieving her death.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The Christmas Eve shooting also devastated the still-grieving Oxford community, where a teenage gunman went on a rampage at Oxford High School in November 2021, killing four classmates and seven others, including a teacher.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of grieving
Adjective
  • Family members and two of his lawyers say he was diagnosed with severe PTSD, a sad and rapid fall that ended in another explosion of violence.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Staying true to its sad sierreño roots, Eslabon Armado delivered a 15-songs moody set that navigates different emotions from love, loss, nostalgia, and moving on.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of sad
Noun
  • Several of Watts’ most indelible characters are in mourning.
    — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Advertisement People as young as 16 were among the casualties, and the nation declared seven days of mourning.
    — TIME, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of mourning
Verb
  • The imagery of The Pink Opaque’s Midnight Realm is frightening, but the potent themes and aching nostalgia are what will keep you up at night.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Risotto, in other words, is governed by a set of laws that are rooted in tradition, rich in common sense, and aching to be broken or bent.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of aching
Adjective
  • The mournful footnote to Hollywood or Bust is that off-set, the friendship between Martin and Lewis had already broken down irrevocably.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Definitely — but there’s a mournful resonance to that in a play where characters reach out so desperately and remain so trapped within themselves.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of mournful
Noun
  • In many scenes, the suffering of animals at human hands is apparent and yet the tone of the documentary remains even and nonjudgmental.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The plaintiffs seek damages related to Strain’s death, including compensation for financial losses, including funeral expenses and emotional suffering.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of suffering
Adjective
  • Still, although Lund isn’t going for any major tear-jerking moments, his movie invokes the melancholy sense of something important passing into the mists.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Its melancholy lyrics centered around a Greek myth in which the satyr, Marsyas, challenges the god Apollo to a music contest, and for his hubris, ends up skinned alive.
    — Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of melancholy
Adjective
  • Rather than panic, consider that software developers are pretty unhappy with the status quo.
    — Steve Rodda, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Recent polling also suggests that Americans are relatively unhappy with DOGE’s efforts.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of unhappy
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“Sorrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorrowing. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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