Sorrowing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of feeling sorrow.

    "The daily sorrowings of grief and repentance are genuine emotions. It is simply not legitimate to maintain that the real emotions are the initial bursts of high-pitched passions[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sorrow form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    sorrowful through loss or deprivation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
agonyanguishanguishedbereavedbereftcare

Example

More examples

"I have long been sorrowing lamenting for your woes."

More for "sorrowing"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.