| NOUN | feeling | grief, heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartedness | intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) |
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| cognition | grief, sorrow | something that causes great unhappiness |
| Sounds | griy'f | |
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| Rhymes | beef ... thief: 21 rhymes with iyf... | |
| Meaning | Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death). | |
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| Synonyms | heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartedness | |
| Narrower | dolor, dolour | (poetry) painful grief |
| Broader | sorrow | An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement |
| Spanish | aflicción, angustia, congoja, desconsuelo, dolor, sufrimiento | |
| Catalan | aflicció, afligiment, desconsolació, desconsol, dolor | |
| Meaning | Something that causes great unhappiness. | |
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| Example | "her death was a great grief to John" | |
| Synonym | sorrow | |
| Broader | negative stimulus | A stimulus with undesirable consequences |
| Spanish | aflicción, dolor, infelicidad, pena, pesar, tristeza | |
| Catalan | aflicció, dolor, pena, pesar | |
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