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drown one's sorrows

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
drown one's -sor-rows
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings.

Inflected Forms

drowns one's sorrows (present, singular) drowning one's sorrows (participle, present) drowned one's sorrows (participle, past) drowned one's sorrows (past)

Phrases

cry in one's beer

Frequently Paired Words

cry in one's beer

Questions

What does drown one's sorrows mean?
To drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings.

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