- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|320
- Abbreviations|0
38 entries under sorrow topic. ×
| anguish(noun, worry, concern, distress, anxiety) | |
| humbling(noun, distress, shame, degradation) | |
| ruth(noun, distress, shame, compassion) | |
| self-punishment(noun, distress, shame, woe) | |
| debasement(noun, distress, shame, degradation) | |
| guilt(noun, shame, blame, fault) | |
| penitency(noun, feeling, distress, shame) | |
| scruple(noun, upset, worry, concern, distress) | |
| self-condemnation(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| sorriness(noun, woe, grief, regret) | |
| conscience(noun, worry, concern, shame) | |
| pangs of conscience(noun, expression, idiom, shame) | |
| pity(noun, shame, woe, sympathy) | |
| self-castigation(noun, distress, shame, woe) | |
| self-flagellation(noun, distress, shame, woe) | |
| compassion(noun, shame, sympathy, anguish) | |
| stab of conscience(noun, expression, idiom, woe) | |
| sympathy(noun, woe, tenderness, regret) |
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