Definition of grief

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Grief (a.) Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.

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Pathetic :: Pathetic (a.) Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story..
Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
Baleful :: Baleful (a.) Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.
Assuage :: Assuage (v. t.) To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire..
Console :: Console (v. t.) To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief..
Woful :: Woful (a.) Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
Inexpressible :: Inexpressible (a.) Not capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable; unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; as, inexpressible grief or pleasure..
Mitigation :: Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction..
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.
Quell :: Quell (v. t.) To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul..
Dolor :: Dolor (n.) Pain; grief; distress; anguish.
Laboring :: Laboring (a.) Suffering pain or grief.
Grieving :: Grieving (a.) Sad; sorrowful; causing grief.
Tender :: Tender (superl.) Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject..
Heartrending :: Heartrending (a.) Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling..
Grievance :: Grievance (v. t.) Grieving; grief; affliction.
Exclamation :: Exclamation (n.) A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc..
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