Play and Sorrow

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Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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Sorrow is an antonym for play in amusement topic.

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

Sorrow noun - Deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved.

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Play is an antonym for sorrow.

long	long play	long sorrow
obvious	obvious play	obvious sorrow
real	real play	real sorrow
constant	constant play	constant sorrow
Other adjectives: great, serious, little, main, professional, final, basic.

time	play time	sorrow time
characters	play characters	sorrow characters

Our Ladies of Sorrow, an RPG by Miskatonic University Press, in which you play as an investigator working to solve the mystery of a haunted building.

Source: Literature / Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow features an alternate play mode that occurs immediately after the game's Bad+ ending, wherein Soma becomes Dracula and it's up to Julius, Yoko, and Alucard to stop him.

Source: No Canon for the Wicked
In Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow, Dracula is this, since the only time he ever comes out to play is a Non-Standard Game Over.

Source: Greater Scope Villain / Video Games

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