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oversorrowed

oversorrowed is the simple past and past participle of oversorrow.

Meaning of oversorrow

Verb

oversorrow (third-person singular simple present oversorrows, present participle oversorrowing, simple past and past participle oversorrowed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To grieve or afflict excessively.
    • He, therefore, who by adventuring shall be so happy as with success to light the way of such an expedient liberty and truth as this, shall restore the much-wronged and over-sorrowed state of matrimony, not only to those merciful and lifegiving remedies of Moses, but as much as may be, to that...1826 (original 1643), John Milton, Francis Jenks, A Selection from the English Prose Works of John Milton

Questions about oversorrowed

What is oversorrowed the simple past and past participle of?
Oversorrowed is the simple past and past participle of oversorrow.

Words near oversorrowed in the dictionary

  1. oversoon
  2. oversoothing
  3. oversophisticated
  4. oversophistication
  5. oversorrow
  6. oversorrowed
  7. oversorrowing
  8. oversorrows
  9. oversot
  10. oversoul
  11. oversouling

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