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adjective

as in mourning

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sorrowing

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noun

as in weeping

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sorrowing

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verb

present participle of sorrow
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
  1. sad
  2. weeping
  3. grieving
  4. mournful
  5. mourning
  6. aching
  7. melancholy
  8. suffering
Adjective
  • However — here is the gold dust — the perfect blend is gay AND sad.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Top Plays from Broncos @ Chiefs Perhaps the only solace for the Broncos after a season of sky-high expectations opened with a flop is those sorts of sad adjectives belonged to everyone.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of sad
Noun
  • When the curtain went up, Valencia spent the first several minutes overcome by emotion, glassy-eyed and weeping.
    — Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Bubbling Jam Jam that’s bubbling or weeping liquid could be fermenting.
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of weeping
Verb
  • Heartbreak hit the Flowers family again when Da'J's grieving mother was killed over the summer.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Narrating the extraordinary life of an ordinary man also helped heal the grieving heart of its author.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of grieving
Adjective
  • Tender Loving Care is a gentle, mournful, funny portrait of a family whose future is shadowed by uncertainty but tries to face life with cheeriness.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Part of it was the circumstances of his death and the mournful public procession through Brooklyn.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of mournful
Noun
  • Love of Your Life transforms into a mourning vacation, as Maya leaves her new family behind to drink, eat and f*ck her way through years of her life, doing telehealth to pay the bills.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Pavlohrad, a city in central Ukraine, observed an official day of mourning Friday for five residents killed near shopping malls in broad daylight by Russian drones the previous day.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of mourning
Verb
  • The aching reality of life for oppressed Black people is never explicitly referred to.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Japanese arthouse favorite Hirokazu Koreeda returns to his wheelhouse to marvelous effect with Look Back, an aching drama about growing up and making art, featuring a pair of stunning performances from child actors.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of aching
Adjective
  • There is romance and melancholy, playfulness and despair, all happening at once.
    — PhotoVogue, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That O’Flynn’s newfound fame has coincided with her starring role in this gentle, melancholy wonder of a movie is a fitting, if unplanned, convergence.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of melancholy
Noun
  • The first witch trial in Ireland took place in Kilkenny in 1324, but people who were suspected as sources of suffering have been murdered since prehistory.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • It has been used multiple times since then, within and outside of Alabama, drawing scrutiny and criticism from some who have argued the method is poorly understood and likely causes unnecessary suffering.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of suffering
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“Sorrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorrowing. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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