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besorrow en · VERB

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”).

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad.
    • The land of the West holds a maiden sweet, And the fairest face has she; But, oh! she has also Chicago feet, And that's what besorrows me. 1884, John Ames Mitchell, Life:
    • Dear Peter, newly was I with the car in the town to besorrow me this and that for the holidays. 1996, Wolfram Wilss, Knowledge and Skills in Translator Behavior:
    • Then to the woman, for her offence, God did pronounce this sore sentence: All pleasure that you had'st besorrow Shall changed be in lasting sorrow. 1776, Sir David Lindsay, The works of ... Sir David Lindsay of the Mount:
    • Oh, heart of man, when griefs deep scar Ploughs through thy and sand, When soul and sense besorrowed are, Lead, lark of love, 'yond sun and star; […] 1931, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's journal:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
besorrowed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
besorrowed Tense=Past lexicographic
besorrowing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
besorrows Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

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