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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. grief

    Grief is acute mental pain resulting from loss, misfortune, or deep disappointment. Grief is more acute and less enduring than sorrow. Sorrow and grief are for definite cause; sadness and melancholy may arise from a vague sense of want or loss, from a low state of health, or other ill-defined cause; sadness may be momentary; melancholy is more enduring, and may become chronic. Affliction expresses a deep heart-sorrow and is applied also to the misfortune producing such sorrow; mourning most frequently denotes sorrow publicly expressed, or the public expression of such sorrow as may reasonably be expected; as, it is common to observe thirty days of mourning on the death of an officer of state.

    See synonyms for HAPPINESS.

    Synonyms:
    affliction, distress, melancholy, mourning, regret, sadness, sorrow, tribulation, trouble, wo

    Preposition:
    Grief at a loss; for a friend.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.5 / 2 votes

  1. grief

    Synonyms:
    trouble, tribulation, woe, mourning, regret, affliction, sorrow, sadness

    Antonyms:
    joy, exultation, delight, elation, hilarity

Princeton's WordNet1.5 / 2 votes

  1. grief, heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartednessnoun

    intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

    Synonyms:
    heartbreak, sorrow, heartache, brokenheartedness

  2. grief, sorrownoun

    something that causes great unhappiness

    "her death was a great grief to John"

    Synonyms:
    regret, sadness, ruefulness, brokenheartedness, heartache, sorrow, sorrowfulness, heartbreak, rue

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. entschuldigen

    a new approach to what was hastily handled, more inline to the actuality.

    an attitudinal difference from her reaction after considering the nuisances

    Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 30, 2019  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 2 votes

  1. griefnoun

    Synonyms:
    anguish, sorrow, heartbreak, regret, remorse, dolor, misery, heartache, woe, tribulation, rue, affliction, bereavement, trial, adversity, distress, grievance

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How to use grief in a sentence?

  1. Jane Webber:

    Try to remember the happy parts of the person who has died, it keeps the human touch going. Even if it's not physical touch, it's emotional, it's spiritual, it's intellectual touch. We need that kind of relationship and grieving or we are left with unfinished grief -- and that's a scary thing.

  2. Jussie Smollett:

    Most importantly, during times of trauma, grief and pain, there is still a responsibility to lead with love, it's all I know. And that can't be kicked out of me.

  3. Mark Brayford:

    Mr. Sidhu advised me: I dont want to make things any worse. I cant make things any better, but I certainly dont want to make them worse by having a trial. he wanted the families to know he is devastated by the grief he has caused them.

  4. Mary RobinsonFor Robinson:

    Naming the loss is actually an important part of mourning, it also normalizes your loss and your grief. So, kids see that every single person has had somebody who died. And that's incredibly powerful.

  5. Cathrine Ertmann:

    The objective was to see if I could make people look at death and actually relate to it on natural ground without the grief and use it as a perspective in life -- and hopefully think more about what actually matters while we are here, i really hope people find it both comforting and inspirational. You have a life, folks. Go out and live it!


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