Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Feeling or expressing deep sadness, grief, or sorrow: The word "sorrowing" describes the state of being filled with sorrow, typically due to loss, deprivation, or misfortune.

Usage

• "Sorrowing" is used to describe a person, group, or sometimes an expression or atmosphere that is marked by grief. It is a formal or literary adjective.
• It often precedes a noun (e.g., a sorrowing widow) or follows a linking verb (e.g., The nation was sorrowing).

Examples

• The sorrowing family gathered after the funeral.
• She wrote a letter in a sorrowing tone.
• The entire community was sorrowing over the tragic news.

Advanced Usage

• "Sorrowing over": Feeling deep sadness about a specific event or loss.
  • He was still sorrowing over the end of his long friendship.
• Used in formal or poetic contexts to convey profound, often mournful, emotion.

Variants and Related Words

• Sorrow (n/v): The noun form meaning "a feeling of deep distress caused by loss," or the verb meaning "to feel or express grief."
  • Noun: He felt great sorrow. Verb: She sorrowed for weeks.
• Sorrowful (adj): Full of or showing sorrow.
  • She had a sorrowful expression.

Synonyms

• Grieving: Suffering grief, especially after a bereavement.
• Mournful: Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness or grief.
• Heartsick: Overwhelmed with sorrow or disappointment.

Antonyms

• Joyful: Feeling or expressing great happiness.
• Cheerful: Noticeably happy and optimistic.

Adjective

1. sorrowful through loss or deprivation
   • bereft of hope