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Sorrow

The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness.

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Ache 76% connected

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

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Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Sadness 76% connected

Heaviness; firmness.

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Suffer 76% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

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Attrition 76% connected

The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.

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Bereavement 76% connected

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.

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Compunction 76% connected

A pricking; stimulation.

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Contriteness 76% connected

Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition.

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Contrition 76% connected

The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.

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Grief 76% connected

Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self o…

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Heartache 76% connected

Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang.

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Heartbreak 76% connected

Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.

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Mourning 76% connected

of Mourn

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Poignancy 76% connected

The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.

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Remorse 76% connected

The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.

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Self-reproach 76% connected

The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.

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Compassionate 76% connected

Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

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Mourn 76% connected

To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.

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Pity 76% connected

Piety.

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Lamenter 74% connected

One who laments.

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Lamenter 74% connected

One who laments.

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Regret 74% connected

Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or…

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Regret 74% connected

Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or…

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Repent 74% connected

Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.

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Repent 74% connected

Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.

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Grief 92% connected

Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self o…

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Grieve 92% connected

Alt. of Greeve

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Regret 92% connected

Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or…

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Rue 92% connected

A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

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Sadness 92% connected

Heaviness; firmness.

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Joy 94% connected

The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the l…

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Joy 94% connected

The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the l…

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