sorrow

S2 W2

in Vietnamese Buồn rầu, đau khổ

BrE /ˈsɒrəʊ/ AmE /ˈsɔːroʊ/

noun en → vi

1 FEELING OF SADNESS [uncountable] B1

Buồn rầu, đau khổ

a feeling of deep sadness, especially because someone has died or something bad has happened

  • feel sorrow for somebody/something

Collocations sorrow for a loss · deep sorrow

  • She felt a deep sense of sorrow when her grandmother died.

    Khi bà ngoại qua đời, cô ấy cảm thấy một nỗi buồn sâu sắc.

2 CAUSE OF SADNESS [countable] B1

Nỗi buồn, điều gây đau khổ

something that causes sadness or unhappiness

  • a source of sorrow

Collocations source of sorrow · cause of sorrow

  • The war was a great sorrow for the country.

    Chiến tranh là một nỗi buồn lớn đối với đất nước.

3 PAINFUL REMEMBRANCE [uncountable] B2

Nỗi đau buồn, nỗi nhớ

a painful memory of something sad or unhappy that happened in the past

  • bring back sorrow

Collocations painful remembrance of sorrow · bitter memory of sorrow

  • The old photograph brought back a lot of sorrows.

    Cận cảnh bức ảnh cũ đã gợi lại nhiều nỗi buồn.