Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seeksorrow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: seek-sor-row
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who acts to their own detriment, contriving to give themselves vexation; a self-tormentor.

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"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."
"I do not think you are a seeksorrow, giving yourself comfort in vexation."

Etymology

From seek + sorrow.

Inflected Forms

seeksorrows (plural) seek-sorrow (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

masochist

Questions

What does seeksorrow mean?: A person who acts to their own detriment, contriving to give themselves vexation; a self-tormentor.
Where does seeksorrow come from?: From seek + sorrow.

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