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Another word for grief

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grief

n.

Mental distress
sorrow, sadness, regret, melancholy, vexation, mourning, misery, trouble, anguish, bereavement, painful regret, distress over loss, depression, despondency, pain, worry, harassment, anxiety, woe, heartache, repining, lamentation, dole, dolor, malaise, disquiet, discomfort, smart, mortification, affliction, gloom, unhappiness, wretchedness, infelicity, desolation, despair, agony, torture, purgatory.
Antonyms happiness*, exhilaration, pleasure.
The cause of distress
affliction, tribulation, vexation; see difficulty 2.

come to grief

be ruined, be unsuccessful, be harmed, have trouble, suffer; see also fail 1.

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Another word for grief

noun

Mental anguish or pain caused by loss or despair:

heartache, heartbreak, sorrow. See happy

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To the grief of his mother he left the Roman church.
She exhibited great grief at his death.
The grief was so strong that it became a nauseating pain.
Grief made people say cruel things, sometimes.
Grief had overwhelmed her so completely, it was like a bad dream she could not shake off.

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