sorrow
To feel or express griefTo feel or express grief.
» Forget your sorrows.
Забудь свою печаль.
Забудь свои печали.
Забудь про свою печаль.
Забудь свій сум.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To feel or express grief.
feel grief
(transitive)To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.
Examples
164 sentencesForget your sorrows.
Забудь про свою печаль.
ruЗабудь свою печаль.
The news filled her with sorrow.
ruНовость глубоко опечалила её.
deDie Neuigkeit erfüllte sie mit Sorge.
My heart was filled with sorrow.
ruМое сердце было наполнено скорбью.
deMein Herz war voller Sorge.
Tom's heart was filled with sorrow.
ruСердце Тома было наполнено печалью.
Our hearts were full of sorrow.
Origin
From Middle English sorwe, sorow, sorewe, from Old English sorg, sorh (“care, anxiety, sorFrom Middle English sorwe, sorow, sorewe, from Old English sorg, sorh (“care, anxiety, sorrow, grief”), from Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō (compare West Frisian soarch, Dutch zorg, German Sorge, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sorg), from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”) (compare Old Irish serg (“sickness”), Tocharian B sark (“sickness”), Lithuanian sirgti (“be sick”), Sanskrit सूर्क्षति (sū́rkṣati, “worry”). Despite the similarity in form and meaning, not historically related to sorry and sore.
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Forms
sorrows, sorrowing, sorrowed, sorrowedSynonyms
34 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle