grief[noun]Synonyms: sadness, anguish, distress, heartache, misery, regret, remorse, sorrow, suffering, woe
Antonyms: joy
Contrasted words: comfort, comforting, consolation, solace, solacing
Related Words: bemoaning,
bewailing,
deploring,
lamenting
English Thesaurus: sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, misery, despair, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
grief /ɡriːf/
noun[
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: gref, from Latin gravis; ⇒ grave1]
1. [uncountable] extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died
grief over/at
The grief she felt over Helen’s death was almost unbearable.with grief Charles was overcome with grief.2. [countable] something that makes you feel extremely sad:
Every change in our lives brings with it griefs.3. good grief! spoken used when you are slightly surprised or annoyed:
Good grief! What a mess!4. come to grief to fail, or to be harmed or destroyed in an accident:
candidates who come to grief in exams5. give somebody grief informal to criticize someone in an annoying way
6. [uncountable] informal trouble or problems:
You’ll save yourself a lot of grief if you check the measurements first. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
sadness a sad feeling, caused especially when a happy time is ending, or when you feel sorry about someone else’s unhappiness:
Charles felt a great sense of sadness and loss. I noticed a little sadness in her eyes.unhappiness the unhappy feeling you have when you are in a very difficult or unpleasant situation, especially when this lasts for a long time:
After years of unhappiness, she finally decided to leave him. She was a tense, nervous young woman, whose deep unhappiness was obvious to all those around her. You do not know how much pain and unhappiness you have caused.sorrow written the feeling of being very sad, especially because someone has died or because terrible things have happened to you:
There seemed to be nowhere to go to be alone with her sorrow. His heart was filled with great sorrow after her death.misery great unhappiness, caused especially by living or working in very bad conditions:
The cold weather is with us again and the misery of the homeless is increasing. Thousands of families were destined to a life of misery. The misery and pain he caused were, for him, merely a measure of his success.despair a feeling of great unhappiness, because very bad things have happened and you have no hope that anything will change:
At the end of the month, she still had no job and was tired, frustrated, and close to despair.grief great sadness that you feel when someone you love has died:
He was overcome with grief when his wife died.heartache a strong feeling of great sadness, especially because you miss someone you love:
She remembered the heartache of the first Christmas spent away from her sons.depression a mental illness that makes someone feel so unhappy that they have no energy or hope for the future, and they cannot live a normal life:
He slipped into a depression in which he hardly ate or even left his room.despondency formal a feeling of being very unhappy and without hope:
She felt useless, and this contributed to her despondency.melancholy literary a feeling of sadness, that you feel even though there is no particular reason for it:
Modigliani expressed his melancholy through his painting. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲