sorrowe
sorrowe is the obsolete spelling of sorrow.
Meaning of sorrow
Noun
sorrow (countable and uncountable, plural sorrows)
- unhappiness, woe
- But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness
Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Synonyms:
- dejection, blueness, tristesse, mirthless, blues, crestfallenness, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness
- But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness
- (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
- Parting is such sweet sorrow.
- Synonyms:
- misfortune, woe, adversity, apocalypse, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, misery, qualm, affliction
Forms of sorrowe
| plural | sorrowes |
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Questions about sorrowe
- What is sorrowe the obsolete spelling of?
- Sorrowe is the obsolete spelling of sorrow.
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