deep sorrow

  • 1deep sorrow — great grief, gloomy distress …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2sorrow — n Sorrow, grief, heartache, heartbreak, anguish, woe, regret, though not close synonyms, share the idea of distress of mind. Sorrow is the most general term, implying a sense of loss or of guilt {when you depart from me, sorrow abides and… …

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  • 3with deep sorrow — with great remorse, with deep regret …

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  • 4sorrow — n. 1) to cause sorrow 2) to express; feel; show sorrow 3) to alleviate smb. s sorrow 4) deep, great, inexpressible, keen, profound sorrow 5) personal sorrow 6) sorrow at (to feel deep sorrow at the death of a friend) 7) to smb. s sorrow (to my… …

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  • 5sorrow — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, genuine, great, immense, profound, terrible, tremendous, unbearable ▪ He wrote to the dead man s mother expressing his deep sorrow …

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  • 6sorrow — sor|row1 [ˈsɔrəu US ˈsa:rou, ˈso: ] n [: Old English; Origin: sorg] 1.) [U] a feeling of great sadness, usually because someone has died or because something terrible has happened to you →↑grief great/deep sorrow ▪ a time of great sorrow sorrow… …

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  • 7sorrow — sor|row1 [ sɔrou ] noun 1. ) uncount great sadness: He sensed a feeling of profound sorrow in her voice. Television news showed families in sorrow. sorrow over/about/for: The President expressed his deep sorrow over the bombing deaths. 2. ) count …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 8deep — deepness, n. /deep/, adj. deeper, deepest, n., adv., deeper, deepest. adj. 1. extending far down from the top or surface: a deep well; a deep valley. 2. extending far in or back from the front or from an edge, surface, opening, etc., considered… …

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  • 9deep — [[t]dip[/t]] adj. and adv. er, est, n. 1) extending far down from the top or surface: a deep well; a deep cut[/ex] 2) extending far in or back from the front: a deep shelf[/ex] 3) extending far in width; broad: a deep border[/ex] 4) ranging far… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 10deep — /dip / (say deep) adjective 1. extending far downwards, inwards, or backwards. 2. having a specified dimension downwards, inwards, or backwards: a tank two metres deep. 3. situated far or a certain distance down, in, or back. 4. extending far in… …