To feel, show, or express grief

• suffer

  1. To feel pain or distress; sustain injury or harm:
  2. To have a specified shortcoming or weakness:
  3. To sustain a loss, setback, or decline in effectiveness; become worse:

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  1. To feel pain or distress; sustain injury or harm:
  2. To have a specified shortcoming or weakness:
  3. To sustain a loss, setback, or decline in effectiveness; become worse:

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• sorrow

  1. Mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, or misfortune, or an instance of this:
  2. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune:
  3. Expression of sorrow, or an instance of this:

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  1. Mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, or misfortune, or an instance of this:
  2. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune:
  3. Expression of sorrow, or an instance of this:

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• lament

  1. To express grief for or about; mourn:
  2. To regret deeply; deplore:
  3. To grieve audibly; wail.

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  1. To express grief for or about; mourn:
  2. To regret deeply; deplore:
  3. To grieve audibly; wail.

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• grieve

  1. To cause to be sorrowful; distress:
  2. To mourn or sorrow for:
  3. To file an official or formal grievance on account of (an actual or perceived injustice).

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  1. To cause to be sorrowful; distress:
  2. To mourn or sorrow for:
  3. To file an official or formal grievance on account of (an actual or perceived injustice).

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To lament

• take on

  1. To acquire, bring in, or introduce.
  2. (idiomatic) To begin to have or exhibit.
  3. (idiomatic) To assume responsibility for.

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  1. To acquire, bring in, or introduce.
  2. (idiomatic) To begin to have or exhibit.
  3. (idiomatic) To assume responsibility for.

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• beat one's breast

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• be sad

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• be in distress

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• be brokenhearted

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• wring one's hands

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• suffer

  1. To feel pain or distress; sustain injury or harm:
  2. To have a specified shortcoming or weakness:
  3. To sustain a loss, setback, or decline in effectiveness; become worse:

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  1. To feel pain or distress; sustain injury or harm:
  2. To have a specified shortcoming or weakness:
  3. To sustain a loss, setback, or decline in effectiveness; become worse:

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• bewail

  1. To cry over; lament:
  2. To express sorrow or unhappiness over:

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  1. To cry over; lament:
  2. To express sorrow or unhappiness over:

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• weep

  1. To shed (tears) as an expression of emotion:
  2. To express grief or anguish for; lament:
  3. To bring to a specified condition by weeping:

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  1. To shed (tears) as an expression of emotion:
  2. To express grief or anguish for; lament:
  3. To bring to a specified condition by weeping:

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• weep over

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• repine

  1. To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.
  2. To yearn after something:

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  1. To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.
  2. To yearn after something:

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• agonize

  1. To suffer mental anguish or worry about something:
  2. To suffer extreme pain:
  3. To cause great pain or anguish to.

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  1. To suffer mental anguish or worry about something:
  2. To suffer extreme pain:
  3. To cause great pain or anguish to.

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• complain

  1. To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
  2. To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge; file a complaint.

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  1. To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
  2. To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge; file a complaint.

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• anguish

  1. Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment.
  2. To cause to feel or suffer anguish.
  3. To feel or suffer anguish.

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  1. Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment.
  2. To cause to feel or suffer anguish.
  3. To feel or suffer anguish.

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• pine

  1. Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Pinus, having fascicles of needle-shaped leaves and producing woody seed-bearing cones. These trees are widely cultivated for ornament and shade and for their timber and resinous sap, which yields turpentine and pine tar.
  2. Any of various other coniferous trees, such as the Norfolk Island pine.
  3. The wood of any of these trees.

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  1. Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Pinus, having fascicles of needle-shaped leaves and producing woody seed-bearing cones. These trees are widely cultivated for ornament and shade and for their timber and resinous sap, which yields turpentine and pine tar.
  2. Any of various other coniferous trees, such as the Norfolk Island pine.
  3. The wood of any of these trees.

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• ache

  1. To suffer a dull, sustained pain.
  2. To feel sympathy or compassion:
  3. To yearn or long:

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  1. To suffer a dull, sustained pain.
  2. To feel sympathy or compassion:
  3. To yearn or long:

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• yearn

  1. To have a strong, often sad longing:
  2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness:

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  1. To have a strong, often sad longing:
  2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness:

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• languish

  1. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor:
  2. To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions:
  3. To remain unattended or be neglected:

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  1. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor:
  2. To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions:
  3. To remain unattended or be neglected:

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• droop

  1. To bend or hang downward:
  2. To bend or sag gradually:
  3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion:

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  1. To bend or hang downward:
  2. To bend or sag gradually:
  3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion:

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• miss

  1. To fail to hit, reach, catch, or otherwise make contact with:
  2. To be too late for or fail to meet (a train, for example).
  3. To fail to perceive, experience, or understand:

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  1. To fail to hit, reach, catch, or otherwise make contact with:
  2. To be too late for or fail to meet (a train, for example).
  3. To fail to perceive, experience, or understand:

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• long-for

  1. To have a desire for; to yearn for; to crave for
  2. To miss someone

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  1. To have a desire for; to yearn for; to crave for
  2. To miss someone

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• sigh

  1. To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief.
  2. To emit a similar sound:
  3. To feel longing or grief; yearn:

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  1. To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief.
  2. To emit a similar sound:
  3. To feel longing or grief; yearn:

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• bemoan

  1. To express grief over; lament.
  2. To express disapproval of or regret for; deplore:

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  1. To express grief over; lament.
  2. To express disapproval of or regret for; deplore:

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• regret

  1. To feel sorry, disappointed, distressed, or remorseful about:
  2. To remember with a feeling of loss or sorrow; mourn:
  3. To feel regret.

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  1. To feel sorry, disappointed, distressed, or remorseful about:
  2. To remember with a feeling of loss or sorrow; mourn:
  3. To feel regret.

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• rue

  1. To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for:
  2. To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.
  3. Sorrow; regret:

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  1. To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for:
  2. To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.
  3. Sorrow; regret:

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• sorrow

  1. Mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, or misfortune, or an instance of this:
  2. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune:
  3. Expression of sorrow, or an instance of this:

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  1. Mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, or misfortune, or an instance of this:
  2. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune:
  3. Expression of sorrow, or an instance of this:

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• fret

  1. To be vexed or troubled; worry.
  2. To be worn or eaten away; become corroded.
  3. To move agitatedly.

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  1. To be vexed or troubled; worry.
  2. To be worn or eaten away; become corroded.
  3. To move agitatedly.

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• grieve

  1. To cause to be sorrowful; distress:
  2. To mourn or sorrow for:
  3. To file an official or formal grievance on account of (an actual or perceived injustice).

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  1. To cause to be sorrowful; distress:
  2. To mourn or sorrow for:
  3. To file an official or formal grievance on account of (an actual or perceived injustice).

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• deplore

  1. To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn:
  2. To express sorrow or grief over.
  3. To regret; bemoan.

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  1. To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn:
  2. To express sorrow or grief over.
  3. To regret; bemoan.

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To cry

• moan

  1. A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.
  2. A similar sound:
  3. A complaint:

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  1. A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.
  2. A similar sound:
  3. A complaint:

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• wail

  1. To make a long, loud, high-pitched cry, as in grief, sorrow, or fear.
  2. To make a prolonged, high-pitched sound suggestive of a cry:
  3. To lament over; bewail.

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  1. To make a long, loud, high-pitched cry, as in grief, sorrow, or fear.
  2. To make a prolonged, high-pitched sound suggestive of a cry:
  3. To lament over; bewail.

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• sob

  1. To weep aloud with convulsive gasping; cry uncontrollably.
  2. To make a sound resembling that of loud weeping.
  3. To utter with sobs.

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  1. To weep aloud with convulsive gasping; cry uncontrollably.
  2. To make a sound resembling that of loud weeping.
  3. To utter with sobs.

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