Synonyms of sorriness

sorriness

noun

as in sorrow

deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved

the sorriness she felt upon the untimely death of her father can scarcely be described or even imagined

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sorrow
• grief
• anguish
• heartbreak
• agony
• sorrowfulness
• guilt
• heartache
• woe
• pain
• remorse
• dolor
• shame
• suffering
• misery
• distress
• melancholy
• despair
• depression
• regret
• dolefulness
• affliction
• oppression
• unhappiness
• dejection
• torment
• wretchedness
• dreariness
• heartsickness
• blues
• gloom
• joylessness
• contrition
• glumness
• downheartedness
• miserableness
• gloominess
• desolateness
• despondency
• forlornness
• dumps
• woefulness
• blue devils
• disconsolateness
• despondence
• desolation
• melancholia
• self-pity
• rue
• dispiritedness
• self-reproach
• mopes
• doldrums

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joy
• happiness
• ecstasy
• glee
• pleasure
• elation
• exuberance
• delight
• exultation
• joyousness
• euphoria
• cheerfulness
• jubilation
• bliss
• cheeriness
• blessedness
• joyfulness
• exhilaration
• rapture
• gladness
• mirth
• felicity
• cheer
• gayety
• humor
• gaiety
• merriment
• optimism
• gayness
• joviality
• jollity
• gleefulness
• merrymaking
• lightheartedness
• hopefulness
• blissfulness
• gladsomeness
• elatedness
• mirthfulness
• enjoyment
• rapturousness
• contentment
• content
• sunniness
• contentedness