sorrowing

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sor·row

(sŏr′ō, sôr′ō)

1. Mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, or misfortune, or an instance of this: tried to assuage her sorrows. See Synonyms at regret.

2. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune: "I must struggle through my sorrows and difficulties as I can" (Jane Austen).

3. Expression of sorrow, or an instance of this: I listened to his sorrows.

intr.v. sor·rowed, sor·row·ing, sor·rows

To feel or express sorrow. See Synonyms at grieve.

[Middle English sorwe, from Old English sorg.]

sor′row·er n.

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sorrowing

(ˈsɒrəʊɪŋ)

adj

experiencing or expressing sorrow

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Adj.

sorrowing - sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"

bereaved, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, bereft

sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

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sorrowing

[ˈsɒrəʊɪŋ] ADJ → afligido

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sorrowing

[ˈsɒrəʊɪŋ] adj (liter) → addolorato/a, afflitto/a

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I can only ask of you the power to be as pure and gentle as yourselves, as tender and loving to the weak and sorrowing, as untiring in kindly deeds to all.

So they passed to the bed beside the discontented bee, and here upon the softest down lay the dove, whose gentle eyes looked gratefully upon the Fairy, as she knelt beside the little couch, smoothed the soft white bosom, folded her arms about it and wept sorrowing tears, while the bird still whispered its gratitude and love.

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But will he have no sorrow, or shall we say that although he cannot help sorrowing, he will moderate his sorrow?