--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 71 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/71/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 71 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Truth.[↗](../../sooth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The phrases «in sooth» and «for sooth» mean truly or indeed.[↗](../../sooth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Truth; in the phrases "in good sooth" and "for sooth" it means truly or indeed.[↗](../../sooth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In sooth, she has no equal\![↗](../../sooth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · For sooth, this is a man I play with.[↗](../../sooth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sooth to say, the king was angry.[↗](../../sooth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.[↗](../../sooth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.15.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sooth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In good sooth, she has not her equal\![↗](../../sooth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (The Brown Fairy Book) · For sooth this is a man with whom I play.[↗](../../sooth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Indian Fairy Tales) · For sooth it is a man with whom I play.[↗](../../sooth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Indian Fairy Tales) **soothe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To soothe someone is to make them calm when they are upset, angry or worried.[↗](../../soothe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To soothe pain is to make it feel less bad.[↗](../../soothe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad soothed the crying baby by rocking her.[↗](../../soothe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cool running water soothes a burn.[↗](../../soothe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Soft music soothes me when I'm worried.[↗](../../soothe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Honey and lemon can soothe a sore throat.[↗](../../soothe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse spoke in a soothing voice.[↗](../../soothe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Take slow breaths to soothe yourself when you're angry.[↗](../../soothe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · As they rode on, the stranger did his best to soothe her.[↗](../../soothe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **soothingly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a calm, gentle way that makes someone feel less upset, worried or in pain.[↗](../../soothingly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum spoke soothingly to the crying baby.[↗](../../soothingly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «There, there,» said Ratty soothingly.[↗](../../soothingly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The river murmured soothingly in the dark.[↗](../../soothingly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet stroked the frightened dog soothingly.[↗](../../soothingly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cream felt soothingly cool on my sunburn.[↗](../../soothingly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She hummed soothingly until he fell asleep.[↗](../../soothingly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “It is not a great lie,” said Fionn soothingly.[↗](../../soothingly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **soothsayer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who claims to foretell what will happen in the future.[↗](../../soothsayer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The soothsayer told the king his fortune.[↗](../../soothsayer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The soothsayer's son had no time to lose.[↗](../../soothsayer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone went to the soothsayer for advice.[↗](../../soothsayer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For these nations, that thou art to dispossess, hearken unto soothsayers, and unto diviners; but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.[↗](../../soothsayer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.18.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../soothsayer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, (Torah DEU.18.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../soothsayer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers; (Prophets MIC.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../soothsayer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain.[↗](../../soothsayer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.13.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../soothsayer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For Thou hast forsaken Thy people the house of Jacob; for they are replenished from the east, and with soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the brood of aliens.[↗](../../soothsayer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../soothsayer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **soothsaying** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The act of foretelling what will happen in the future.[↗](../../soothsaying/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying.[↗](../../soothsaying/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../soothsaying/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you in need of soothsaying?[↗](../../soothsaying/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old woman earned money by soothsaying.[↗](../../soothsaying/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fortune-telling is a kind of soothsaying.[↗](../../soothsaying/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **sooty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sooty means covered with soot, the black powder left by smoke from burning coal, wood or oil.[↗](../../sooty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sooty means black or very dark, like soot.[↗](../../sooty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Sooty is the name of a yellow glove-puppet bear with black ears on a long-running British children's TV show.[↗](../../sooty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The chimney sweep had a sooty face and hands.[↗](../../sooty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old fireplace was sooty and dusty.[↗](../../sooty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the bonfire our clothes smelled smoky and looked sooty.[↗](../../sooty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sooty smoke poured from the factory chimney.[↗](../../sooty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat had sooty paws after exploring the coal shed.[↗](../../sooty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A sooty owl lives in the forests of Australia.[↗](../../sooty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Granny remembers watching Sooty on TV.[↗](../../sooty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sop is something small given to someone to calm them down or keep them quiet, without really fixing the problem: a sop to the angry fans.[↗](../../sop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old) A sop is a piece of bread soaked in milk, soup or gravy.[↗](../../sop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare verb) To sop up is to soak up liquid with bread or a cloth.[↗](../../sop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The free badge was just a sop to the angry customers.[↗](../../sop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sopped up the gravy with his bread.[↗](../../sop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I came home from the rain sopping wet.[↗](../../sop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The small pay rise was a sop to the workers.[↗](../../sop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old story, the boy fed sops of bread to the dog.[↗](../../sop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The extra playtime was a sop to stop us complaining.[↗](../../sop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sophistical** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Using clever but false arguments that seem true but are not.[↗](../../sophistical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../sophistical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **soppy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK) Soppy means too soft and sentimental, full of love-talk or easy tears, in a way that some people find silly.[↗](../../soppy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) A soppy person is silly, weak or soft-hearted, too easily upset or too sweet.[↗](../../soppy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare) Soppy can mean very wet and soaked.[↗](../../soppy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ugh, this film is too soppy, they keep kissing.[↗](../../soppy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My big sister wrote a soppy poem about her boyfriend.[↗](../../soppy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be soppy, it's only a little scratch.[↗](../../soppy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad goes all soppy when he sees baby photos.[↗](../../soppy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The card was full of soppy hearts and flowers.[↗](../../soppy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dog is a soppy old thing who loves cuddles.[↗](../../soppy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The grass was soppy after the storm.[↗](../../soppy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (rare)[↗](../../soppy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **soprano** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A soprano is the highest singing voice, usually of women and girls, and also of boys before their voices break.[↗](../../soprano/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A soprano is a singer with that voice.[↗](../../soprano/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Soprano describes an instrument in the highest range of its family: soprano recorder, soprano saxophone.[↗](../../soprano/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My sister sings soprano in the school choir.[↗](../../soprano/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The soprano hit a very high note.[↗](../../soprano/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Boys can sing soprano before their voices break.[↗](../../soprano/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I play the soprano recorder.[↗](../../soprano/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The soprano part has the tune in this song.[↗](../../soprano/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A famous soprano sang at the opera house.[↗](../../soprano/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In SATB, S stands for soprano.[↗](../../soprano/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sorcerer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who uses magic; a wizard.[↗](../../sorcerer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sorcerer waved his wand.[↗](../../sorcerer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The villagers shouted, «Sorcerer!»[↗](../../sorcerer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old sorcerer gave them a magic word.[↗](../../sorcerer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their secret arts.[↗](../../sorcerer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorcerer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, (Torah DEU.18.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorcerer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams.[↗](../../sorcerer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorcerer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; (Prophets JER.27.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorcerer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sorceress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sorceress is a woman who uses magic, often for evil purposes; a female sorcerer.[↗](../../sorceress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sorceress waved her wand and the frog became a prince.[↗](../../sorceress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Munchkins bowed to the good sorceress.[↗](../../sorceress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Only witches and sorceresses wear white, Boq said.[↗](../../sorceress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.[↗](../../sorceress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorceress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.[↗](../../sorceress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.57.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorceress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **sorcery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sorcery is the use of magic spells and powers to make strange things happen.[↗](../../sorcery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old witch used her sorcery to hide the castle.[↗](../../sorcery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The villagers feared the stranger's sorcery.[↗](../../sorcery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · No one could explain the sorcery that turned the stone to gold.[↗](../../sorcery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.[↗](../../sorcery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.47.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorcery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **sore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sore means painful, aching or tender, especially when touched or used.[↗](../../sore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sore is a painful spot on the skin, often red or broken.[↗](../../sore/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Sore (informal, mostly American) means upset or annoyed.[↗](../../sore/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A sore point is a subject that upsets someone.[↗](../../sore/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Severe or very great, as in a very bad famine.[↗](../../sore/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have a sore throat and a cough.[↗](../../sore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My legs are sore after the race.[↗](../../sore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He has a cold sore on his lip.[↗](../../sore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My eyes are sore from the swimming pool.[↗](../../sore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be a sore loser — shake hands.[↗](../../sore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her red hat stuck out like a sore thumb.[↗](../../sore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You're a sight for sore eyes\![↗](../../sore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And his nose was all sore.[↗](../../sore/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the famine was sore in the land.[↗](../../sore/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sore/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.[↗](../../sore/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.57, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sore/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And now that thou art surely gone, because thou sore longest after thy father's house, wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?'[↗](../../sore/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sore/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the famine was sore in Samaria.[↗](../../sore/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.18.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sore/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · 'The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.[↗](../../sore/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.1.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sore/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Wilt Thou hold Thy peace, and afflict us very sore?[↗](../../sore/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.64.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sore/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And the famine was sore in the land.[↗](../../sore/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.1, JPS 1917) · And his nose was all sore.[↗](../../sore/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (The Jungle Book) · And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.[↗](../../sore/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.57, JPS 1917) **sorely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sorely means very much or greatly, so that it hurts or matters a lot: sorely tempted, sorely puzzled.[↗](../../sorely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The captain of the guard was sorely puzzled.[↗](../../sorely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I was sorely tempted to eat the last biscuit.[↗](../../sorely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her feet were sorely tired after the long walk.[↗](../../sorely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.[↗](../../sorely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.23.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail; for the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, sorely stricken.[↗](../../sorely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.16.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **soreness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Soreness is pain, aching or tenderness in a part of the body, such as sore muscles after exercise, a sore throat or a sore knee.[↗](../../soreness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rare, old-fashioned) Soreness can mean being upset or annoyed about something, like still feeling «sore» about losing.[↗](../../soreness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I felt some soreness in my legs after the cross-country race.[↗](../../soreness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cream helped the soreness on her sunburnt shoulders.[↗](../../soreness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Soreness in your throat can mean you are getting a cold.[↗](../../soreness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stretching after sport can reduce soreness.[↗](../../soreness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse asked if there was any soreness around the cut.[↗](../../soreness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Redness and soreness around a wound can be signs of infection.[↗](../../soreness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His arm had a little soreness after the injection.[↗](../../soreness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The soreness went away after a few days.[↗](../../soreness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The woman washed their feet, and rubbed them with an ointment that took all the soreness out of their bones, and made them as fresh as a daisy.[↗](../../soreness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **sorghum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tall cereal grass grown in warm, dry countries, especially in Africa and Asia, for its grain, its sweet juice and animal feed.[↗](../../sorghum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The grain or syrup made from this plant.[↗](../../sorghum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sorghum grows well where there is little rain.[↗](../../sorghum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In Sudan many families eat porridge made from sorghum.[↗](../../sorghum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers feed sorghum to cattle.[↗](../../sorghum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sorghum flour is used in gluten-free bread.[↗](../../sorghum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We poured sorghum syrup on our pancakes in Tennessee.[↗](../../sorghum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sorghum is one of the most important cereals in the world.[↗](../../sorghum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Yes," said the agricultural editor, "and it's the meanest bug- juice in town--regular sorghum skimmings."[↗](../../sorghum/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sorrel** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A reddish-brown color, used especially of horses.[↗](../../sorrel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I saw in the night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.[↗](../../sorrel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorrel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **sorrow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sorrow is a deep feeling of sadness, especially because of a loss, death or disappointment.[↗](../../sorrow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sorrow is a thing that makes you very sad.[↗](../../sorrow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Sorrow is also feeling truly sorry for something wrong you did, as in "sorrow for sin".[↗](../../sorrow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The whole village felt sorrow when the old teacher died.[↗](../../sorrow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her eyes were full of sorrow.[↗](../../sorrow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Life has joys and sorrows.[↗](../../sorrow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He showed real sorrow for what he had done.[↗](../../sorrow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "We share in your sorrow," said the card.[↗](../../sorrow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The song was slow and full of sorrow.[↗](../../sorrow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Losing the dog was a great sorrow to the family.[↗](../../sorrow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you know it will bring you sorrow?"[↗](../../sorrow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.[↗](../../sorrow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorrow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.[↗](../../sorrow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorrow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · There is nothing better than joy, and nothing worse than sorrow or plague is.[↗](../../sorrow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") \[19\] (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../sorrow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.[↗](../../sorrow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorrow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · This shall ye have of My hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.[↗](../../sorrow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.50.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorrow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Though I would take comfort against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.[↗](../../sorrow/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.8.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sorrow/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/70/) **71** [72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/72/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/70/) - next →: [page 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/72/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)