What does seeksorrow mean?
Seeksorrow means A person who acts to their own detriment, contriving to give themselves vexation; a self-tormentor.
Seeksorrow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Seeksorrow is a noun meaning A person who acts to their own detriment, contriving to give themselves vexation; a self-tormentor.
Meaning
A person who acts to their own detriment, contriving to give themselves vexation; a self-tormentor.
Example Sentences
I do not think you are a seeksorrow, giving yourself comfort in vexation.
When my parents drove us up to Stratford, Ontario, to see a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the word seeksorrow leapt out at me from the stage, and I've loved it ever since.
In a bicentennial comment for Newsweek, he took issue with those who played the role of Seeksorrow. The Yale literary magazine had written him asking if he thought things were going to get worse […]
Word Forms
- seeksorrows
- seek-sorrow
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include masochist, scrounger, scrounge, scorner, scorpion, vulture.
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How do you use seeksorrow in a sentence?
I do not think you are a seeksorrow, giving yourself comfort in vexation.
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