Grief
[griːf] or [ɡrif]
Definition
(noun.) something that causes great unhappiness; 'her death was a great grief to John'.
(noun.) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death).
Typist: Nola--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
(a.) Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.
(a.) Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Sorrow, regret, affliction, distress, tribulation, woe, sadness, bitterness, anguish, misery, agony, heartache, heavy heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, pain of mind, mental suffering.[2]. Trial, grievance, cause of sorrow.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Trouble, tribulation, woe, mourning, regret, affliction, sorrow, sadness
ANT:Joy, exultation, delight, elation, hilarity
Checker: Melanie
Definition
n. heaviness of heart: sorrow: regret: mourning: cause of sorrow: affliction: (B.) bodily as well as mental pain.—adjs. Grief′ful (Spens.) full of grief; Grief′less sorrowless; Grief′shot (Shak.) pierced with grief.
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Examples
- The girls indulged unrestrained in their grief. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He gasped out at various intervals these exclamations of rage and grief. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The honest face, so full of grief, and with such an imploring expression of affection and sympathy, struck his master. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I believe grief is, and always has been, my worst ailment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- While Merrival was talking, Clara softly opened a door behind Idris, and beckoned me to come with a gesture and look of grief. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It kept up a slow fire of indignation and a trembling trouble of grief, which harassed and crushed me altogether. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It's not YOU that will cry your eyes out with grief, anyway. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I think we had best speak little about so much love and grief. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I wanted to tease you a little to make you less sad: I thought anger would be better than grief. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in indulging the excess of grief. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- This had dashed the triumphant and rapturous emotions of maternity with grief and fear. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He died of grief for the loss, and shame for the infamy. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- When I could cry no more, I began to think; and then the oppression on my breast was heaviest, and my grief a dull pain that there was no ease for. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Friends, said the Chief, looking round, the old man is but a Jew, natheless his grief touches me. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Tarzan's grief and anger were unbounded. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I am sure you had no share in it, or in the cruel suspicions of Mr. Osborne, which are the hardest of all our griefs to bear. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The subjects were terrified from uttering their griefs while they saw the thunder of the Star Chamber pointed at their heads. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Dreadful doubt and anguish--prayers and fears and griefs unspeakable--followed the regiment. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And, woman, though dressed in silk and jewels, you are but a woman, and, in life's great straits and mighty griefs, ye feel but one sorrow! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I have had so many griefs and wrongs, Joseph Sedley; I have been made to suffer so cruelly that I am almost made mad sometimes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I saw some, with naturally elevated tendencies and good feelings, kept down amongst sordid privations and harassing griefs. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Little Sharp, with her secret griefs, was the heroine of the day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Absence cannot have rendered you callous to our joys and griefs; and how shall I inflict pain on an absent child? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Brussels, Waterloo, old, old times, griefs, pangs, remembrances, rushed back into Amelia's gentle heart and caused a cruel agitation there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Nobody ever heard of these griefs, which had been part of our poor little woman's lot in life. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is the lawyer's term for the restless, whirling mass of cares and anxieties, affections, hopes, and griefs, that make up the living man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- What indeed could he reply to her complaints, to her griefs which she jealously paled round, keeping out all thought of remedy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- To her son's guardian, the good Major at Madras, she had not communicated any of her griefs and perplexities. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He looked like a man who had passions, secrets, and private harrowing griefs and adventures. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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