Thesaurus
grief
Synonyms and Antonyms of grief
- even the gruff grandfather felt a heartbreaking grief when the family dog died
agony, distress, pain, suffering, torment
blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolateness, desolation, despair, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, distress, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, misery, mopes, oppression, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, woefulness, wretchedness
contrition, guilt, regret, remorse, rue, self-reproach, shame
- there seemed to be no end to the grief that the school bullies were giving to the young boy
aggravation, aggro [British], annoyance, bother, botheration, exasperation, frustration, irritation, pip [chiefly British], vexation
Synonym Discussion of grief
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- a family united in sorrow upon the patriarch's death
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- the inexpressible grief of the bereaved parents
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- the anguish felt by the parents of the kidnapped child
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- cries of woe echoed throughout the bombed city
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- nagging regret for missed opportunities
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