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Definition: Sorrowing |
SorrowingAdjective1. Sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sorrowing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Synonyms: SorrowingSynonyms: bereaved (adj), bereft (adj), grief-stricken (adj), grieving (adj), mourning(a) (adj), sorrowing(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lamentation | Adjective: lamenting; Verb: in mourning, in sackcloth and ashes; sorrowing, sorrowful; (unhappy); mournful, tearful; lachrymose; plaintive, plaintful; querulous, querimonious; in the melting mood; threnetic. |
Pain | Concerned, sorry; sorrowing, sorrowful; cut up, chagrined, horrified, horror-stricken; in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief; Noun: in tears; (lamenting); steeped to the lips in misery; heart-stricken, heart-broken, heart-scalded; broken-hearted; in despair. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sorrowing |
| Specialty definitions using "sorrowing": Burial ♦ Christ ♦ Embrace ♦ Wadding. (references) |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Sorrowing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "Sorrowing" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 62.5% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 37.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "sorrowing". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ahlai | N/A | Biblical | Sorrowing |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "sorrowing": a-sorrowing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sorrowing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | afflitto (bleak, destressed, dismal, dreary, gaunt, miserable, mournful, pained, sad, somber, sorrowful, sorry, sullen, unhappy), addolorato (aggrieved, heartsore, pained, rueful, sad, sorrowful, sorry, woebegone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "痛 (sorrowing with the bereaved). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あいつう (sorrowing with the bereaved). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | thie treih (sorrowing household). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orrowingsay скорбеть скорбящий. (various references) gây sầu não, gây bu"n phiền. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Cairein meta cairontwn kai klaiein meta klaiontwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Gaudere cum gaudentibus flere cum flentibus |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Sie bliðe mid þæm þe sind bliðe; hreow mid þæm þe hreowað. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For to ioye with men that ioyen, for to wepe with men that wepen. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Be mery with the that are mery. Wepe wt them that wepe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing. |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Pagkalipay kamo duyog sa mga nagakalipay, panghilak kamo duyog sa mga nagapanghilak. |
| Chinese | 與 喜 樂 的 人 要 同 樂 ． 與 " " 的 人 要 同 " 。 |
| Croatian | Radujte se s radosnima, plaèite sa zaplakanima! |
| Danish | Glæder eder med de glade, og græder med de grædende! |
| Dutch | Verblijdt u met de blijden; en weent met de wenenden. |
| Finnish | Iloitkaa iloitsevien kanssa, itkekää itkevien kanssa. |
| French | Réjouissez-vous avec ceux qui se réjouissent; pleurez avec ceux qui pleurent. |
| German | Freut euch mit den Fröhlichen und weint mit den Weinenden. |
| Haitian Creole | Fè kè n' kontan ak moun ki kontan, kriye ak moun k'ap kriye. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Turutlah bergembira dengan orang-orang yang bergembira, dan menangislah dengan mereka yang menangis. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bersukacitalah dengan orang yang bersukacita; dan menangislah dengan orang yang menangis. |
| Italian | Rallegratevi con quelli che sono nella gioia, piangete con quelli che sono nel pianto. |
| Latvian | Priecâjieties ar priecîgajiem, raudiet ar tiem, kas raud! |
| Maori | Kia hari tahi me te hunga hari, kia tangi tahi me te hunga tangi. |
| Norwegian | Gled eder med de glade, og gråt med de gråtende! |
| Portuguese | alegrai-vos com os que se alegram; chorai com os que choram; |
| Rumanian | Bucurayi-vq cu cei ce se bucurq; plkngeyi cu ceice plkng. |
| Russian | тБ"ХКФЕУШ У ТБ"ХАЭЙНЙУС Й МБЮШФЕ У МБЮХЭЙНЙ. |
| Shuar | Warainia nujai warastarum. Kúntuts pujuinia nujaisha uuttiarum. |
| Spanish | Gozaos con los que se gozan. Llorad con los que lloran. |
| Swahili | Furahini pamoja na wanaofurahi, lieni pamoja na wanaolia. |
| Swedish | Glädjens med dem som äro glada, gråten med dem som gråta. |
| Ukrainian | Тіштеся з тими, хто тішиться, і плачте з отими, хто плаче! |
| Uma | Goe' hangkaa-ngkania hante tauna to goe', geo' hante tauna to geo'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-n-o-o-r-r-s-w" | |
-2 letters: roosing, rowings. | |
-3 letters: girons, grison, groins, isogon, orison, rigors, rosing, rowing, signor, soring, sorrow, sowing, wooing, wrings, wrongs. | |
-4 letters: girns, giron, giros, goons, gowns, grins, groin, grown, grows, irons, noirs, noris, ornis, orris, owing, rigor, rings, rosin, sorgo, swing, swoon, sworn, wings, winos, wring, wrong. | |
-5 letters: gins, girn, giro, goon, goos, gown, grin, grow. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-n-o-o-r-r-s-w" | |
+1 letter: borrowings. | |
+3 letters: overbrowsing. | |
+5 letters: waterproofings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 72 72 6F 77 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --- .-. .-. --- .--. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01110010 01110010 01101111 01110111 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o r r o w i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0072 0072 006F 0077 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)538184848189758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Derived from 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Bible Trace 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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