sorrowed
past simple and past participle ofsorrow
sorrow
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
formaluk/ˈsɒr.əʊ/us/ˈsɔːr.oʊ/tofeelgreatsadness:
Foryearsshe sorrowedoverhermissingson.
Compare
grieve
Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
- bite
- haunt
- heartbreaker
- heartbreakingly
- hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
- horrify
- mess
- nose
- sensitivity
- shake
- shakesomeoneup
- shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
- shattering
- shocker
- sorrow
- tear
Examplesofsorrowed
sorrowed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I have lived with them, toiled with them and, unfortunately,sorrowedwith them.
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The second is that money borrowed is moneysorrowed.
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Not once is her death mentioned with even a word, although from other sources it would appear that he took this to heart, andsorrowedgreatly.
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- West Virginian
- west-virginian
- westward
- west wing
- West Yorkshire
- west-yorkshire
- wet
- wet blanket
- wet-blanket
- wet-bulb temperature
- wet-bulb-temperature
- wet clay
- wet climate
- wet clothes
- wet commodities
- wet-commodities
- wet concrete
- wet dream
- wet-dream
- wet forest
- wet goods
- wet-goods
- wet habitat
- wether
- wetland