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[ noun ] intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

Used in print

(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)

In blind panic of grief she accepted Jonathan 's dictum , and believed in her desperation that she had been cursed by God .

Whenever she found time , she went blackberry picking with him , and they would come home together , mouths purple , arms and faces scratched , tired enough to forget grief for another day .

Her mother wrote Kate of her grief at the death of Kate 's baby and at Jonathan 's decision to go_with the South `` And , dear Kate '' , she wrote , `` poor Dr._Breckenridge 's son Robert is now organizing a militia company to go South , to his good father 's sorrow .

Related terms

sorrow dolor

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 24631
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[ noun ] something that causes great unhappiness

Synonyms

sorrow

Examples

"her death was a great grief to John"

Related terms

negative_stimulus grieve

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