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besorrow

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: becare, bother, care, concern oneself, heed, mind, reck, trouble oneself, worry, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, darken, engrieve, erme, gloom, grieve, grieven, bleed, lament, moan, mourn, remorse, repent, regret, rue, sigh, sorrow, wayment, yearn, afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beweep, deplore, elegize, keen, mean, pine, wail, attrist, begloom, pain, bring down, come down on, contristate, dash, deject, depress, desolate, dispirit, forset, get down, oppress, sadden, sadden up, tristitiate, ungladden, unhappy, upset

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English bisorȝen, from Old English besorgian (“to regret; be anxious about, dread, shrink from”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisorgōn, equivalent to be- + sorrow. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bisúurgje (“to obtain, get, take care of”), West Frisian besoargje (“to provide, deliver”), Dutch bezorgen (“to provide, deliver, take care of”), German besorgen (“to procure, acquire, attend to, take care of”), Swedish besörja (“to deal with, attend to”).