sorrow's
Owned by grief
Sorrow's is the possessive form of sorrow, that deep sadness arising from loss, disappointment, or misfortune.
The form appears in phrases attributing qualities or effects to grief itself: sorrow's weight, sorrow's grip, sorrow's shadow.
Literary and poetic usage predominates: Sorrow's edge had dulled with time.
Period following loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- bereavementState following loss
- weepingShedding tears audibly
- tearsViolent pulls apart
heartache · anguish · woe · despair · melancholy · sadness · desolation · grieving
Subdued, lasting sadness
- lamentMournful expression of grief
- elegyPoem lamenting the departed
- dirgeMournful commemorative music
- threnodyMemorial song of grief
requiem · keening · wailing · plaintive · mournful · doleful · woeful · tearful
Concern for others' distress
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- condolenceExpression of shared grief
- consolationComfort during distress
- comfortEase or soothing relief
solace · pity · understanding · sharing · support · mourning · tenderness · commiseration
Guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
shame · self-reproach · rue · compunction · atonement · apology · confession · burden
mourning
Period following loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- bereavementState following loss
- weepingShedding tears audibly
tears · heartache · anguish · woe · despair · melancholy · sadness · desolation · grieving · heartbreak
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
threnody · requiem · keening · wailing · plaintive · mournful · doleful · woeful · tearful · bittersweet
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- condolenceExpression of shared grief
- consolationComfort during distress
comfort · solace · pity · understanding · sharing · support · mourning · tenderness · commiseration · kindness
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
penitence · shame · self-reproach · rue · compunction · atonement · apology · confession · burden · mistakes
- 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
sorrow, sorrows, sorrowful, sorrowfully, sorrowfulness, sorrowing, sorrowed