grief-stricken

  • 1grief-stricken — grief .stricken adj feeling very sad because of something that has happened ▪ The grief stricken widow refused to leave her dead husband s side …

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  • 2grief-stricken — [grēf′strik΄ən] adj. stricken with grief; keenly distressed; sorrowful …

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  • 3grief-stricken — grief ,stricken or grief ,struck adjective extremely sad …

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  • 4grief-stricken — index disconsolate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5grief-stricken — [adj] sad, sorrowful anguished, cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, devastated, distressed, down, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, hurting, inconsolable, melancholy, miserable, morose, overcome, troubled, unhappy, woebegone; concept… …

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  • 6grief-stricken — ADJ GRADED If someone is grief stricken, they are extremely sad about something that has happened. [FORMAL] ...the grief stricken family... The Queen was grief stricken over his death …

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  • 7grief-stricken — adjective sorrowful through loss or deprivation (Freq. 1) bereft of hope • Syn: ↑bereaved, ↑bereft, ↑grieving, ↑mourning, ↑sorrowing • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 8grief-stricken — /ˈgrif strɪkən/ (say greef strikuhn) adjective stricken or smitten with grief or sorrow; afflicted …

  • 9grief stricken — Synonyms and related words: aggrieved, anguished, careworn, doleful, dolorous, dumb with grief, griefful, grieved, grievous, in grief, lamentable, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, plangent, plunged in grief, rueful, sorrowed, sorrowful, sorrowing …

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  • 10grief-stricken — /greef strik euhn/, adj. overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful. [1900 05] * * * …

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