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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