Reverse Dictionary: SORROW

ADJECTIVES
► ANGUISHOUS sorrowful, oppressed with pain → 1875 Eng. dial.
► BAD sorrowful; depressed..1839 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► BAISE sad, sorrowful → 1825 Sc. obs.
► BAISS ashamed; sad, sorrowful → 1820 Sc. obs.
► BALE sorrowing, mournful, woeful → c1220 obs.
► BALEFUL unhappy, wretched, miserable; distressed, sorrowful, mournful → c1325 arch.
► BLUE depressed, low-spirited, sad, sorrowful, dismayed, downcast → a1450
► CAREFUL full of grief; mournful, sorrowful → a1000 obs.
► DOLESOME depressed, melancholy, doleful, gloomy, sorrowful, dismal → 1899 Amer. dial.
► EARNFUL causing anxiety or yearning; anxious; full of longing desire; sorrowful, lamentable, melancholy, sad → c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► ERNEFUL ► ERNFUL sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy → 1679 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GRAME grieved, sorrowful → c1000 obs.
► GREETINGFUL sorrowful, tearful → 1340 obs.
► GREMEFUL sad; sorrowful → 1300 obs.
► HEARTFUL sorrowful, sad-hearted → 1877 Sc.  
► HOUGHFUL ► HOWFUL careful; anxious, sorrowful → 970 obs.
► ILL grieved, sorrowful → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► ILLAETIBLE sorrowful → 1623 obs. rare
► LANGUOROUS distressful, sorrowful, mournful → 1490 obs.
► LARMY sorrowful → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LUCTIFEROUS bringing sorrow, mournful, gloomy → 1656 obs.
► LUCTIFIC causing sorrow or mourning → 1727 obs.
► LUCTIFICABLE that is sorrowful → 1721 obs.
► LUCTUAL mournful, sorrowful → 1613-18 obs.
► LUGUBRE expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable → 1727 obs.
► LUGUBRIOUS expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable → 1601
► LUGUBROUS expressing or causing mourning; doleful, mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable → 1632 obs.
► MESTIFICAL making sad or sorrowful → 1656 obs.
► MESTIVE sad, sorrowful, gloomy, dismal, mournful, melancholy → 1578 obs.
► OFF sad, sorrowful, regretful → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PENSIFUL thoughtful, meditative, pensive; anxious, brooding; melancholy, sorrowful → a1450 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► RUTHLY sorrowful, piteous → 1300 obs.
► SADDED saddened, made sorrowful → 1680 obs.
► SADFUL sorrowful → 1658 obs.
► SAIR of the heart, etc. aching, grief-stricken, sorrowful → 1739 Sc.
► SAIRIE ► SAIRY sad, doleful, sorrowful → 1838 Sc. obs.
► SIGHFUL sorrowful, sad → 1606
► SITEFUL ► SITFULL sorrowful, mournful, doleful → a1300 obs.
► SMART of pain, sorrow, etc.: sharp, keen, painful, severe → 1300
► SORELY painful, sorrowful; sad → 888 obs.
► SOROUS sorrowful, sad → 1300 obs.
► SORRILY sorrowful, sad → 1200 obs.
► SORRY-MOOD sorrowful, sad → 1023 obs.
► SORYFUL sorrowful → 1550 obs.
► SOURFUL sorrowful → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SYTEFUL sorrowful, mournful → 1400 obs.
► THOUGHT-SICK sick from thinking; sick with anxiety; uneasy with sad reflections; sad, sorrowful, melancholy → 1598 obs.
► THRENETIC pertaining to a threnody (a song of lamentation); mournful, sorrowful → 1656
► TRISTITIOUS full of sadness, sorrowful → 1694 obs.
► UNBLITHE unhappy; sad, sorrowful; not delighted → c897 obs.
► UNFAIN not glad or delighted; displeased, sorry, sorrowful; reluctant; having a feeling of dislike; unfond → 1338 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
► VEXSOME sorrowful, full of vexation; grievous, sad → 1852 Sc.
► WAE-WORTH deserving to experience sorrow or suffering → a1838 Sc.
► WAILFUL 1. of cries, complaints, speeches: having the character of a wail, expressive of grievous pain or sorrow → 1544 chiefly poetic usage
2. full of lamentation, sorrowful → 1579 chiefly poetic usage
► YEARNFUL mournful, sorrowful → a1566

ADVERBS
► HEAVILY with sorrow, grief, displeasure, or anger; grievously → c1000 obs. or arch.
► RUTHLY sorrowfully, piteously → 1400 obs.
► SYTEFULLY sorrowfully, mournfully → 1488 obs.
► UNBLITHELY sorrowfully → 1415 obs.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ALAWK! an exclamation of sorrow; alas! → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ANEE! an exclamation of woe or sorrow → 1878 Sc.
► AWOW! an exclamation of sorrow; alas! → 1768 Sc.
► BLACK COW HAS TRODDEN ON YOUR FOOT, THE you have known misfortune and sorrow → 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BLACK OX HAS TRODDEN ON YOUR FOOT, THE you have known misfortune and sorrow → 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BLACK OX HAS TRODDEN ON YOUR TOE, THE you have known misfortune and sorrow → 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DEAR SAKES! exclamation expressive of surprise, sorrow, etc. → 1871 Eng. dial. 
► EH! an ejaculation of sorrow → 1567
► FATHER OF MERCY! an exclamation of surprise, sorrow, etc. → 1900 Sc.
► ICHANE! an exclamation of sorrow, alas! → 1513 obs.
► LACKADAISY! exclamation of sorrow; alas! → 1847
► LACK-A-DAY! exclamation of sorrow; alas! → 1695 obs. or arch.
► LAWK-A-BIDDY! an exclamation of surprise, sorrow, etc. → 1899 Eng. dial.
► LAWK-A-DAISY! ► LAWK-A-DAISY ME! an exclamation of surprise, sorrow, etc. → 1790 Eng. dial.
► LAWK-A-ME! an exclamation of surprise, sorrow, etc. → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MERCY BE BLESSED! an exclamation of surprise, sorrow, etc. → 1900 Sc.
► MERCY BLESS THEE! an exclamation of surprise, sorrow, etc. → 1899 Sc.
► MERCY OH! an exclamation of surprise, sorrow, etc. → 1893 Eng. dial.
► MERCY SAVE ONE! an exclamation of surprise, sorrow, etc. → 1900 Sc.
► OCH! an exclamation of surprise, regret, or sorrow; ah! oh! alas! → 1528 Sc. & Irish
► OCH-AND-ANEE! an exclamation of sorrow or regret → 1790 Ireland
► OCHANEE! an exclamation of sorrow or regret → 1892 Sc.
► OCH-AN-HEIGH-HO! an exclamation of sorrow or regret → 1899 Eng. dial.
► OCH-HEY! an exclamation of sorrow or regret → 1838 Sc.
► OCH HON! an exclamation of sorrow or regret → 1865 Sc.
► OCH HON A-CHREE! an exclamation of sorrow or regret → 1865 Sc.
► OCHON! an exclamation of sorrow or regret → 1787 Sc.
► OCHONE! ► OCH-ON-EE! an exclamation of sorrow or regret → 1865 Sc.
► OH-ANEE! an exclamation of sorrow or regret → 1765 Sc.
► OHON! an exclamation of sorrow or regret → 1785 Sc.
► SARBIT! an exclamation of sorrow; alas, woe! → 1776 Sc.
► ULLAGONE! an exclamation or cry of sorrow → 1828 Anglo-Irish
► VOW! used to express admiration, surprise, sorrow, etc. → 1790 Sc.
► WAIL-A-DAY an exclamation of sorrow → 1745 Sc. 
► WALAWAY! an exclamation of sorrow → 1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WALLY! ► WALY an exclamation of sorrow → a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► WHAT IN MERCY! an exclamation of surprise, sorrow, etc. → 1882 Sc.

NOUNS
► BALE mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief → c1325
► BARRAT trouble, distress, sorrow, grief, pain → c1230 obs.
► CARE utterance of sorrow; lamentation, mourning → a1000 obs.
► CARK care, anxiety, sorrow → 1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► EGRIMONY great sorrow, grief, sadness → 1626 obs.
► FACE LIKE A DYIN’ CALF, A a morose, sorrowful look → 1988 Can. sl.
► FAT-SORROW sorrow alleviated by riches → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRAME grief, sorrow; harm → c1000 obs. exc. arch.
► HARM grief, sorrow, pain, trouble, distress, affliction → a1000 obs.
► HEART AS GREAT AS A PEAT, A a heart ready to burst with suppressed sorrow → 1768 Sc.
► HEAVITY heaviness of heart; sorrow, sadness → c1400 obs.
► LANGUOR mental suffering or distress; pining, sorrow, affliction of spirit → a1300 obs.
► MURKNESS lack of spiritual or intellectual enlightenment; sorrow, gloom, despair → 1390 obs.
► OFTHINKING displeasure, vexation, disgust, grief, sorrow → a1225 obs.
► RAGE violent sorrow; a fit of this → c1386 obs.
► RUTH 1. a being compassionate; a feeling of sorrow for another; compassion, pity → 1200 arch.
2. a matter for sorrow or regret; an occasion of sorrow or regret → 1200 obs.
3. sorrow, grief, distress; lamentation → 1225 obs.
► RUTHFULNESS sorrowfulness; regretfulness → 1596
► SAIR sorrow, grief → 1736 Sc.
► SAP sorrow; tears produced by vexation or affliction → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SHOWER an outpouring of grief, sorrow, etc. → 1638
► SITE care or sorrow; grief, trouble of any kind → c1200 obs.
► SMART mental pain or suffering; grief; sorrow, affliction → 1400
► TEAN ► TEEN sorrow, grief → 1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THOUGHT care, grief, sorrow; a burden; a cause of trouble → 1899 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TINE affliction; trouble; sorrow → 1590 obs.
► TWINGE a pang of shame, remorse, sorrow, or the like; a prick of conscience → 1622
► VEX a source of regret, sorrow, or annoyance; a trouble; a cause or state of vexation, annoyance, or worry → 1815 Sc.
► WIFFLE-WOFFLES sorrow, the dumps, a state of depression → 20C colloq.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CROCODILE a person who weeps or makes a show of sorrow hypocritically or with a malicious purpose → 1595
► SEEK-SORROW one who causes himself sorrow or vexation → a1586 obs.

VERBS
► CARE to sorrow or grieve → a1000 obs.
► CONTRISTATE to make sad or sorrowful; to sadden, grieve → 1616 obs.
► DEDOLEATE to end one’s sorrow or grief → 1623 obs.
► HAVE THE BLACK OX TREAD ON ONE’S FOOT, TO to be unfortunate; to know what sorrow is → 1546
► LOOK DOWN ONE’S NOSE to look embarrassed or unhappy; to look chagrined, baffled, sorrowful, discouraged, or ashamed; to submit to someone → 1914 Amer. dial.
► PRICK to cause mental pain or discomfort to; to sting with sorrow or remorse; to grieve, to pain, to torment → 1000
► PRICKLE to affect with a feeling of mental pain, sorrow, or remorse → 1513 obs.
► TRISTITIATE to make sad or sorrowful, to sadden → 1628 obs.