Griefs Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Griefs

heartbreaks
Overwhelming sorrow, grief, or disappointment
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heartaches
Emotional anguish; sorrow.
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sorrows
Earnest repentance; contrition
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depressions
A reduction in physiological vigor or activity:
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purgatories
Any situation causing suffering
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woes
Sorrow or grief; misery.
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pains
Bodily suffering characterized by such feelings:
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worries
Something that causes anxiety
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harassments
Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.
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anxieties
A state of apprehension and fear resulting from the anticipation of a threatening event or situation. &diamf3; In psychiatry, a patient has an anxiety disorder &diamf3; if normal psychological functioning is disrupted or if anxiety persists without an identifiable cause.
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doles
(Archaic) Sorrow or grief; dolour.
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disquiets
A disturbed or uneasy feeling; anxiety; restlessness
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discomforts
Lack of comfort; uneasiness; inconvenience
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smarts
A smarting sensation, pain or distress
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mortifications
A feeling of shame, humiliation, or wounded pride.
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infelicities
Something inappropriate or unpleasing.
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desolations
Wretchedness; misery.
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despairs
Despair is defined as a deep sadness, or loss of hope.
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agonies
Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
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tortures
Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
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glooms
Deep sadness or hopelessness
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bereavements
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death
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anguish
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
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troubles
A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
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miseries
A cause of such suffering; pain, sorrow, poverty, squalor, etc.
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mournings
Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
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vexations
Something that vexes; cause of annoyance or distress
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melancholies
Sadness and depression of spirits
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regrets
Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.
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sadnesses
(Countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
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adversities
The definition of adversity refers to hardships, challenges or misfortune.
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tribulations
The definition of a tribulation is a trial, a state of trouble, or a bad event that causes suffering or trouble.
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trials
An instance of such testing, especially as part of a series of tests or experiments:
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sufferings
An instance of pain or distress.
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rues
Any of a genus (Ruta) of strong-scented shrubs of the rue family, esp. an herb (R. graveolens) with yellow flowers and bitter-tasting leaves formerly used in medicine
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misfortunes
The condition resulting from bad fortune or ill luck:
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misadventures
(Eng. Law) Death caused accidentally by someone while performing a legal act and with no intent to injure
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hurts
Mental suffering; anguish:
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hardships
A thing hard to bear; specific cause of discomfort or suffering, as poverty, pain, etc.
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grievances
The definition of a grievance is a complaint, or an injustice.
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frustrations
The feeling of annoyance when one's actions are criticized or hindered
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distresses
Anxiety or mental suffering.
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chagrins
A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event:
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annoyances
A cause of irritation or vexation; a nuisance.
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Antonyms for Griefs

happinesses
The emotion of being happy; joy.
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exhilaration
Exhilaration is defined as a feeling of great happiness or excitement.
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pleasures
A pleased feeling; enjoyment; delight; satisfaction
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joys
Dryden
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ecstasies
Intense joy or delight.
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delights
Great pleasure; joy:
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difficulties
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
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Griefs Sentence Examples

  • Human griefs seem little worth assuaging; human happiness too paltry (at the best) to be worth increasing.

  • A strange and mysterious fate had prepared for Anne the same domestic griefs that had vexed and ruined Catherine and caused her abandonment.

  • Griefs and anxieties encompassed the queen during the last year of her life.

  • But independently of the public anxieties of the war, and of those aroused by the violent and unexpected outbreak of fanaticism in China, the year brought deep private griefs to the queen.

  • The philanthropist too often surrounds mankind with the remembrance of his own castoff griefs as an atmosphere, and calls it sympathy.

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