besorrow
Meanings
Verb
- To sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
aggrieve, attrist, becare, begloom, begrieve, bemoan, besorrow, bewail, beweep, bleed, bother, bring down, care, concern oneself, condole, contristate, dash, deject, deplore, depress, desolate, dispirit, engrieve, erme, forset, get down, gloom, grieve, grieven, keen, lament, mean, mind, moan, mourn, oppress, pine, reck, regret, rue, sadden, sadden up, sigh, sorrow, tristitiate, trouble oneself, ungladden, unhappy, upset, wail, wayment, worry, yearn
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