Grief synonyms and antonyms
grēf
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That which produces such suffering; trouble, loss, affliction, etc.
A depressing or being depressed
happy (related)
Mental anguish or pain caused by loss or despair
Vexation is something that causes you to be annoyed or distressed.
A state of wretchedness or misfortune; poverty and trouble
Something suffered; pain, distress, or injury
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A trying, troublesome, or annoying person or thing:
To become ill from overeating. Used of livestock.
happiness (antonym)
(Archaic) Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
ecstasy (antonym)
A feeling of overpowering joy; great delight; rapture
joy (antonym)
Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or an instance of such feeling.
distress over loss
Mental distress
The definition of a lamentation is an outward expression of grief.
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A state of melancholy or depression; despondency.
repining
The act of fretting or feeling discontent or of murmuring.
An instance of such suffering:
Despondency is defined as a state of feeling hopeless or dejected.
Anxiety is defined as a feeling of being nervous or worried, often as a result of fear of a possible future event.
Woe is a feeling of deep sorrow or grief.
The feeling of not being happy
A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
The quality or condition of being infelicitous.
A person or thing causing despair
Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
That cannot be consoled; disconsolate; brokenhearted
An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith.
exhilaration (antonym)
An exhilarated condition or feeling; liveliness; high spirits; stimulation
delight (antonym)
Something that gives great pleasure or enjoyment:
Sorrow; regret:
The quality of being brokenhearted.
Pain is any sort of mental or physical suffering or distress.
An instance or cause of such a feeling.
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Harassment is defined as chronically annoying or tormenting someone.
A giving out of money or food to those in great need; relief
The definition of malaise is a general feeling of being tired or under the weather.
Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.
Something that disturbs one's comfort; an annoyance.
Smart is sharp mental or physical pain.
Death or decay of living tissue; gangrene.
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Lonely grief; misery
An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:
(Theology) In Catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven
Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected:
loneliness (related)
guilt (related)
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bitterness (related)
weariness (related)
anger (related)
A feeling of sorrow, disappointment, distress, or remorse about something that one wishes could be different.
The actions or feelings of one who mourns; specif., the expression of grief at someone's death
(Dial.) A pain (in some part of the body)
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The definition of anguish is a feeling of physical or mental pain.
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death
painful regret
Mental distress
Anything causing pain or distress; calamity
dolorific
Causing pain or grief.
Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
Appropriate for or suggestive of a funeral; mournful:
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Causing grief, pain, or anguish:
(Now Rare) Expressing sorrow; mournful
Mourned for
A thing or person that annoys
A cause of such a mental state
The definition of chagrin is a feeling of embarrassment caused by failure or disappointment.
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Bodily dysfunction or discomfort caused by disease or injury:
A state of consciousness having to do with the arousal of feelings, distinguished from other mental states, as cognition, volition, and awareness of physical sensation
Something that causes such a feeling or state:
The cause of hardship or harm.
The definition of hardship is adversity, or something difficult or unpleasant that you must endure or overcome.
Immoral or unjust effects:
Overwhelming sorrow, grief, or disappointment
An unlucky accident; mishap; an instance of bad luck
An undesirable event such as an accident
Sorrow or grief; mental anguish
feeling (related)
self-reproach (related)
difficulty (related)
The condition or quality of being difficult:
An illness; ailment; disease
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