sorrow
Ache from loss
Sorrow is deep sadness or grief, the kind that weighs on you: Her eyes held a quiet sorrow.
Unlike passing disappointment, sorrow suggests lasting emotional pain—from loss, regret, or sympathy with another's suffering.
To sorrow is to grieve: She sorrowed for her lost friend.
To my sorrow means regrettably: I learned, to my sorrow, that he had lied.
State without hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
- wretchednessExtreme unhappiness or distress
suffering · bleakness · despondency · dejection · helplessness · darkness · abyss · depths
State following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
- tearsViolent pulls apart
sobbing · keening · inconsolable · condolence · eulogy · funeral · wake · memorial
Sadly longing for something
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- somberGravely serious in mood
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- plaintiveSounding sad, sorrowful
doleful · lugubrious · gloom · heavyhearted · downcast · morose · subdued · mournful
Overwhelmed with grief
- brokenheartedOverwhelmed with grief
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- pangBrief sharp sensation
- longingIntense, persistent desire
yearning · lovesick · pining · unrequited · loss · pain · wounded · tender
Guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- rueFeel deep remorse
penitence · self-reproach · shame · compunction · atonement · lament · if only · mistake
Compassionate understanding of others
- empathySharing another's emotions
- pitySympathy for misfortune
- consolationComfort during distress
- comfortEase or soothing relief
solace · tenderness · concern · compassionate · condolences · support · understanding · care
hopelessness
State without hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
wretchedness · suffering · bleakness · despondency · dejection · helplessness · darkness · abyss · depths · overwhelming
bereavement
State following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
tears · sobbing · keening · inconsolable · condolence · eulogy · funeral · wake · memorial · remembrance
wistful
Sadly longing for something
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- somberGravely serious in mood
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
plaintive · doleful · lugubrious · gloom · heavyhearted · downcast · morose · subdued · mournful · bittersweet
heartbroken
Overwhelmed with grief
- brokenheartedOverwhelmed with grief
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- pangBrief sharp sensation
longing · yearning · lovesick · pining · unrequited · loss · pain · wounded · tender · raw
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
rue · penitence · self-reproach · shame · compunction · atonement · lament · if only · mistake · hindsight
sympathy
Compassionate understanding of others
- empathySharing another's emotions
- pitySympathy for misfortune
- consolationComfort during distress
comfort · solace · tenderness · concern · compassionate · condolences · support · understanding · care · sensitivity
- feelingsemotion, feeling, pleasure, joy, anger
- griefgrief, mourning, bereavement, grieving, lamentation
- condolencesmy condolences, heartfelt condolences, deepest sympathy, sorry for your loss, with sympathy
- human conceptsconsciousness, awareness, identity, self, emotion
- intangiblesabstraction, ideas, trust, concept, morale
- lamentslamentation, wailing, keen, keening, lament
sorrowrejoicing
Feeling or showing triumph
rejoice · celebration · exultation · exult · triumph
- drown one's sorrowsConsume alcohol to escape sadness
- joy and sorrowPositive and negative feelings
- sweet sorrowPain that carries affection
- in sorrow
- man of sorrows
- eternal sorrowUnending profound sadness
sorrowful, sorrows, sorrowing, sorrowfully, sorriness, sorrowed, sorrowfulness