mindmap root((悲痛)) sorrow implies a sense of loss or a sense of guilt and remorse: a nation united in ~ upon the death of the President. grief implies a poignant sorrow for an immediate cause: gave his father much ~. anguish suggests a torturing often persistent grief or dread: the ~ felt by the hostages. woe implies a deep or inconsolable distress or misery: cries of ~ echoed throughout the bombed city. regret implies a pain caused by deep disappointment, fruitless longing, or unavailing remorse: never felt a moment of ~ following the divorce.