Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sorrowing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sorrow \Sor"row\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sorrowed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Sorrowing}.] [OE. sorowen, sorwen, sorhen, AS. sorgian;
akin to Goth. sa['u]rgan. See {Sorrow}, n.]
To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced,
feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.

Sorrowing most of all . . . that they should see his
face no more. --Acts xx. 38.

I desire no man to sorrow for me. --Sir J.
Hayward.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sorrowing
adj : sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
[syn: {bereaved}, {bereft}, {grief-stricken}, {grieving},
{mourning(a)}, {sorrowing(a)}]


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