as in weeping
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as in grieving
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorrowing
Adjective
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Day broke, bathing everything in light, and so great was the vitality of the early-morning sun that even the unhappy city seemed to smile a wan, sad smile.
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But SpringHill really took off in 2020, two seasons into James’ Lakers term, when The SpringHill Company went public (and the Lakers won the sad COVID-bubble NBA Championship).
Noun
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Kimiya was closest, sprawled across the floor weeping, debris swirling around her.
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Al-Shaair’s lasting memory of his only Super Bowl is hearing the news in his hotel room and weeping.
Verb
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Sixty years later, young Alma Singer begins searching for the writer of her mother’s favorite book, hoping to bring romance to her grieving parent.
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The movie follows Gugino as a grieving woman who takes in her troubled nephew, but their lives are upended when an otherworldly entity begins hunting him.
Adjective
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The years have only intensified Zimmerman’s mournful, hushed vocal performance, and Dream Me a Dream often plays out like a bedtime story spun by a beloved elder, accompanied by soft strings, shakers, and even a synth or two.
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The drama can stir up nostalgia and mournful emotions, and feels personal to many.
Noun
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Would shiva, a traditional Jewish mourning period, be shortened, if held at all?
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Authorities have shut down streets, airspace and daily life for the mourning, which will end Thursday as he is buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Khamenei’s place of birth.
Verb
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But after a long day on the slopes, your aching limbs might need a cooldown, which is where the home’s sizable indoor pool comes in.
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The band's retro-modern blend of sierreño and corridos tumbados put a next-gen spin on traditional Mexican music, layering Pedro's aching vocals over lush arrangements of acoustic guitar and soulful horns.
Adjective
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That melancholy was discovered by the Romantics, and, in its coarser variation, was equivalent to despair.
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The goofy sketch comedies and homemade spoofs that once filled his channel gradually disappeared, replaced by melancholy short films and bleak monologues.
Noun
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Our car rides and plane trips, coffees and burgers, heating and cooling and clothing and everything else are paid for in blood—contributing, every moment, to the suffering and destruction global warming brings.
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The American colonists were friends with affliction and shared their suffering socially, in writing and conversation.
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“Sorrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorrowing. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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