noun · neutral
sorrow
UK/ˈsɒrəʊ/US/ˈsɑːroʊ/SOR·row
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a feeling of deep sadness, especially because someone has died or because something unpleasant has happened
Examples
“They expressed great sorrow at the news of his passing.”
“A sorrowful tune played at the funeral.”
“She felt sorrow for the victims of the disaster.”
Band 8 sentence
“The community gathered in a sorrowful silence to commemorate those who had been lost.”
Collocations
- sorrowful look
- express sorrow
Word family
sorrow nsorrowful adjsorrowfully adv
Common mistakes
He looked very sorrowfuly.→He looked very sorrowful.
They send their sorrow to the family.→They express their sorrow to the family.
Say it for a higher band
5sad→6grief→7+sorrowful
Synonyms
sadness
grief
Easily confused
grief
“The family was overwhelmed with grief after the accident.”
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