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1Joy Davidman — (18 April 1915 – 13 July 1960) was an American poet and writer, and a radical communist and atheist until her conversion to Christianity in the late 1940s. Her first husband was the writer William Lindsay Gresham. They had two children together:… …
2joy — /joy/, n. 1. the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation: She felt the joy of seeing her son s success. 2. a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something or… …
3grief — 01. War causes a lot of [grief] to the families of victims. 02. The entire nation is [grieving] the death of their President. 03. He was [grievously] injured in the battle, and later died in hospital. 04. The woman was overcome with [grief] at… …
4grief — griefless, adj. grieflessness, n. /greef/, n. 1. keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret. 2. a cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow. 3. come to grief, to suffer disappointment, misfortune,… …
5grief — noun 1) he was overcome with grief Syn: sorrow, misery, sadness, anguish, pain, distress, heartache, heartbreak, agony, torment, affliction, suffering, woe, desolation, dejection, despair; mourning …
6grief — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. distress, bereavement, sorrow, dolor; affliction, disaster, trouble, tribulation. See pain, dejection, failure. Ant., happiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Mental distress] Syn. sorrow, sadness, regret,… …
7grief — noun Syn: sorrow, misery, sadness, anguish, pain, distress, heartache, heartbreak, agony, woe, desolation Ant: joy …
8A Grief Observed — Infobox Book name = A Grief Observed title orig = translator = image caption = author = C. S. Lewis illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = subject = genre = publisher = Faber and Faber release date =… …
9Kill-joy — n. One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person; a spoilsport. W. Black. [1913 Webster] …
10Fear of joy — An abnormal, excessive, and persistent fear of experiencing joy or pleasure. Sufferers with this most puritanical of phobias typically feel guilty about experiencing pleasure even though they usually realize rationally there is nothing at all… …
