Mental anguish or pain caused by loss or despair

• heartbreak

  1. Overwhelming sorrow, grief, or disappointment.

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  1. Overwhelming sorrow, grief, or disappointment.

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• heartache

  1. Emotional anguish; sorrow.

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  1. Emotional anguish; sorrow.

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• grief

  1. Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement, or an instance of this.
  2. A source or cause of deep mental anguish:
  3. Annoyance or frustration, or an instance of this:

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  1. Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement, or an instance of this.
  2. A source or cause of deep mental anguish:
  3. Annoyance or frustration, or an instance of this:

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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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• mourn

  1. To feel or express grief or sorrow.
  2. To show grief for a death by conventional signs, as by wearing black clothes.
  3. To make a low, indistinct, mournful sound. Used especially of a dove.

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  1. To feel or express grief or sorrow.
  2. To show grief for a death by conventional signs, as by wearing black clothes.
  3. To make a low, indistinct, mournful sound. Used especially of a dove.

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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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Grief

• pain

  1. An unpleasant feeling occurring as a result of injury or disease, usually localized in some part of the body:
  2. Bodily suffering characterized by such feelings:
  3. Mental or emotional suffering; distress.

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  1. An unpleasant feeling occurring as a result of injury or disease, usually localized in some part of the body:
  2. Bodily suffering characterized by such feelings:
  3. Mental or emotional suffering; distress.

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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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• sadness

  1. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
  2. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.

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  1. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
  2. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.

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The cause of sorrow

• affliction

  1. A condition of pain, suffering, or distress:
  2. A cause of pain, suffering, or distress:

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  1. A condition of pain, suffering, or distress:
  2. A cause of pain, suffering, or distress:

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• misfortune

  1. Bad fortune or ill luck.
  2. The condition resulting from bad fortune or ill luck:
  3. A distressing occurrence:

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  1. Bad fortune or ill luck.
  2. The condition resulting from bad fortune or ill luck:
  3. A distressing occurrence:

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• catastrophe

  1. A great, often sudden calamity.
  2. A complete failure; a fiasco:
  3. The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.

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  1. A great, often sudden calamity.
  2. A complete failure; a fiasco:
  3. The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.

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Mourning

• lamenting

  1. Present participle of lament.
  2. lamentation

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  1. Present participle of lament.
  2. lamentation

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• grieving

  1. Present participle of grieve.
  2. An act or instance of grieving.

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  1. Present participle of grieve.
  2. An act or instance of grieving.

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• weeping

  1. Shedding tears; tearful.
  2. Dropping rain:
  3. Having slender drooping branches.

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  1. Shedding tears; tearful.
  2. Dropping rain:
  3. Having slender drooping branches.

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