Sorrow

//ˈsɒɹ.əʊ//

Synonyms for "sorrow" (240 found)

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Closest matches (48)

Strong matches (72)

Related words (120)

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10 relation types

More general

6 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

causes desire

2 entries

dbpedia genre

2 entries

derived

14 entries

derived from

1 entries

is a

4 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

12 entries

Translations

247 translations across 88 languages.

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Albanian

4 entries
  • brengosje noun (unhappiness)
  • brengë noun (unhappiness)
  • dëshpërim noun (unhappiness)
  • keqardhje noun (unhappiness)

American Sign Language

1 entries
  • A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert noun (unhappiness)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • λύπη noun (unhappiness)

Arabic

1 entries
  • حُزْن noun (unhappiness)

Armenian

2 entries
  • վիշտ noun (unhappiness)
  • տխրություն noun (unhappiness)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • dərd noun (unhappiness)
  • hüzn noun (unhappiness)
  • kədər noun (unhappiness)
  • qüssə noun (unhappiness)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • го́ра noun (unhappiness)
  • печа́ль noun (unhappiness)
  • сму́так noun (unhappiness)
  • сум noun (unhappiness)

Bengali

4 entries
  • গোসা noun (unhappiness)
  • দুঃখ noun (unhappiness)
  • দেরেগ noun (unhappiness)
  • নারাজী noun (unhappiness)

Breton

1 entries
  • kastiz noun (unhappiness)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • го́рест noun (unhappiness)
  • жа́лост noun (unhappiness)
  • печа́л noun (unhappiness)
  • скръб noun (unhappiness)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ပရိဒေဝ noun (unhappiness)
  • အဆွေး noun (unhappiness)
  • အပူ noun (unhappiness)

Catalan

4 entries
  • dolor noun (unhappiness)
  • dolor noun (instance or cause of unhappiness)
  • pena noun (unhappiness)
  • pena noun (instance or cause of unhappiness)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • خەفەت noun (unhappiness)
  • داخ noun (unhappiness)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 悲傷 /悲伤 noun (unhappiness)
  • 悲哀 noun (unhappiness)
  • 感傷 /感伤 noun (unhappiness)

Czech

1 entries
  • smutek noun (unhappiness)

Danish

3 entries
  • græmmelse noun (unhappiness)
  • smerte noun (unhappiness)
  • sorg noun (unhappiness)

Dutch

3 entries
  • droefheid noun (unhappiness)
  • smart noun (unhappiness)
  • verdriet noun (unhappiness)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • malĝojo noun (unhappiness)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kurbus noun (unhappiness)

Finnish

4 entries
  • huoli noun (unhappiness)
  • huoli noun (instance or cause of unhappiness)
  • murhe noun (unhappiness)
  • murhe noun (instance or cause of unhappiness)

French

2 entries
  • chagrin noun (unhappiness)
  • peine noun (unhappiness)

Galician

3 entries
  • pena noun (unhappiness)
  • pesadume noun (unhappiness)
  • tristura noun (unhappiness)

Georgian

4 entries
  • დარდი noun (unhappiness)
  • ვარამი noun (unhappiness)
  • მწუხარება noun (unhappiness)
  • ნაღველი noun (unhappiness)

German

4 entries
  • Gram noun (unhappiness)
  • Kummer noun (unhappiness)
  • Kümmernis noun (unhappiness)
  • Leiden noun (unhappiness)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹 noun (unhappiness)
  • 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun (unhappiness)

Greek

2 entries
  • θλίψη noun (unhappiness)
  • λύπη noun (unhappiness)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צַעַר noun (unhappiness)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अफ़सोस noun (unhappiness)
  • उदासी noun (unhappiness)
  • ग़म noun (unhappiness)
  • दुःख noun (unhappiness)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bánat noun (unhappiness)
  • bú noun (unhappiness)
  • búbánat noun (unhappiness)
  • szomorúság noun (unhappiness)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • sorg noun (unhappiness)

Ido

1 entries
  • chagreno noun (unhappiness)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kesedihan noun (unhappiness)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • murhe noun (unhappiness)

Irish

4 entries
  • brón noun (unhappiness)
  • cumha noun (unhappiness)
  • ong noun (unhappiness)
  • tuirse noun (unhappiness)

Italian

4 entries
  • afflizione noun (unhappiness)
  • dolore noun (unhappiness)
  • infelicità noun (unhappiness)
  • pena noun (unhappiness)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 悲しみ noun (unhappiness)
  • 悲哀 noun (unhappiness)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • зар noun (unhappiness)
  • қайғы noun (unhappiness)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ថ្នាំង noun (unhappiness)
  • ទុក្ខ noun (unhappiness)
  • សោក noun (unhappiness)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • kĩeha noun (unhappiness)

Korean

3 entries
  • 비애 noun (unhappiness)
  • 슬픔 noun (unhappiness)
  • 시름 noun (unhappiness)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кайгы noun (unhappiness)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄວາມໂສກເສົ້າ noun (unhappiness)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • skume noun (unhappiness)
  • žālobys noun (unhappiness)

Latin

2 entries
  • aegritudo noun (unhappiness)
  • luctus noun (unhappiness)

Latvian

2 entries
  • bēdas noun (unhappiness)
  • sēras noun (unhappiness)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • liūdesys noun (unhappiness)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • тага noun (unhappiness)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • alahelo noun (unhappiness)

Malay

1 entries
  • kesedihan noun (unhappiness)

Manx

4 entries
  • bran noun (unhappiness)
  • dobberan noun (unhappiness)
  • seaghyn noun (unhappiness)
  • smeih noun (unhappiness)

Middle English

4 entries
  • hevyte noun (unhappiness)
  • sorwe noun (unhappiness)
  • sorwe noun (instance or cause of unhappiness)
  • sorwen verb (to show grief)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • гашуудал noun (unhappiness)
  • уй гашуу noun (unhappiness)

Māori

2 entries
  • pāpōuri noun (unhappiness)
  • huamo verb (to show grief)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • keder noun (unhappiness)
  • keser noun (unhappiness)
  • kovan noun (unhappiness)
  • xem noun (unhappiness)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • sorg noun (unhappiness)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • sorg noun (unhappiness)

Occitan

3 entries
  • dolor noun (unhappiness)
  • pena noun (unhappiness)
  • tristesa noun (unhappiness)

Old English

4 entries
  • caru noun (unhappiness)
  • caru noun (instance or cause of unhappiness)
  • sorg noun (unhappiness)
  • sorg noun (instance or cause of unhappiness)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • sorg noun (unhappiness)

Oromo

1 entries
  • gadda noun (unhappiness)

Persian

4 entries
  • اندوه noun (unhappiness)
  • حزن noun (unhappiness)
  • زاری noun (unhappiness)
  • غم noun (unhappiness)

Polish

1 entries
  • smutek noun (unhappiness)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • mágoa noun (unhappiness)
  • pesar noun (unhappiness)
  • tristeza noun (unhappiness)

Punjabi

3 entries
  • دکھ noun (unhappiness)
  • ਦੁਖ noun (unhappiness)
  • ਦੁੱਖ noun (unhappiness)

Quechua

2 entries
  • llaki noun (unhappiness)
  • phuti noun (unhappiness)

Romanian

4 entries
  • durere noun (unhappiness)
  • mâhnire noun (unhappiness)
  • nefericire noun (unhappiness)
  • supărare noun (unhappiness)

Russian

4 entries
  • го́ре noun (unhappiness)
  • го́ре noun (instance or cause of unhappiness)
  • грусть noun (unhappiness)
  • грусть noun (instance or cause of unhappiness)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • अप्रसन्नता noun (unhappiness)
  • दुःख noun (unhappiness)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • bròn noun (unhappiness)
  • doilgheas noun (unhappiness)
  • duilichinn noun (unhappiness)
  • mulad noun (unhappiness)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • túga noun (unhappiness)
  • žȁlōst noun (unhappiness)
  • жа̏ло̄ст noun (unhappiness)
  • ту́га noun (unhappiness)

Slovak

2 entries
  • smútok noun (unhappiness)
  • zármutok noun (unhappiness)

Slovene

1 entries
  • žalost noun (unhappiness)

Spanish

4 entries
  • acíbar noun (unhappiness)
  • pena noun (unhappiness)
  • pesadumbre noun (unhappiness)
  • pesar noun (unhappiness)

Swedish

1 entries
  • sorg noun (unhappiness)

Tajik

4 entries
  • андӯҳ noun (unhappiness)
  • ғам noun (unhappiness)
  • ғусса noun (unhappiness)
  • ҳузн noun (unhappiness)

Tamil

3 entries
  • சோகம் noun (unhappiness)
  • துக்கம் noun (unhappiness)
  • துயரம் noun (unhappiness)

Tatar

1 entries
  • кайгы noun (unhappiness)

Telugu

3 entries
  • దిగులు noun (unhappiness)
  • బాధ noun (unhappiness)
  • శోకించు verb (to show grief)

Thai

3 entries
  • ความทุกข์ noun (unhappiness)
  • ความเศร้า noun (unhappiness)
  • ทุกข์ noun (unhappiness)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • mentsi noun (unhappiness)

Turkish

2 entries
  • keder noun (unhappiness)
  • üzüntü noun (unhappiness)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • gussa noun (unhappiness)
  • gynanç noun (unhappiness)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • го́ре noun (unhappiness)
  • печа́ль noun (unhappiness)
  • скорбо́та noun (unhappiness)
  • сму́ток noun (unhappiness)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اداسی noun (unhappiness)
  • افسوس noun (unhappiness)
  • دکھ noun (unhappiness)
  • سوگ noun (unhappiness)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قايغۇ noun (unhappiness)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • anduh noun (unhappiness)
  • gʻam noun (unhappiness)
  • qaygʻu noun (unhappiness)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • nỗi buồn noun (unhappiness)
  • sự buồn noun (unhappiness)

Welsh

4 entries
  • galar noun (unhappiness)
  • gofid noun (unhappiness)
  • tristwch noun (unhappiness)
  • trymfryd noun (unhappiness)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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Between astonishment and sorrow, she could not speak a word.

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Joy was mingled with sorrow.

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Delight is the opposite of sorrow.

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It is easier to sympathize with sorrow than to sympathize with joy.

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