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grief-stricken

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Very sad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: miserable, sorrowful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen, cut up, damp, dejected, depressed, despondent, disgruntled, disconsolate, disheartened, dismal, doleful, dolesome, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, downsome, dull, elegiac, elegious, forlorn, gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, grieving, heavy-hearted, heartsore, heartsick, inconsolable, infelicitous, jawfallen, joyless, lachrymose, lamentful, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, lumpish, melancholic, melancholy, moody, mopey, morose, mournful, passionate, plaintive, Plutonian, Plutonic, querulous, ruthful, sad, saddened, saturnine, shattered, solemn, sombre, sorrow-ridden, sorrowsome, spiritless, sullen, threnetic, threnetical, triste, tristful, uncheerful, uncheery, unconsolable, unhappy, unlively, wistful, woe, woebegone, woeful, wretched

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

sorrowful through loss or deprivation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bereft of hope

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bereaved, bereft, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: опечален (opečalen) — greatly saddened
  • Chinese Cantonese: 悱惻 /悱恻 (fei2 cak1) — greatly saddened
  • Chinese Mandarin: 悱惻 /悱恻 (fěicè) — greatly saddened
  • Estonian: murest murtud — greatly saddened
  • Finnish: surun murtama — greatly saddened
  • Italian: tristissimo — greatly saddened
  • Māori: tūmatatenga — greatly saddened
  • Māori: pūkatokato — greatly saddened
  • Māori: pākatokato — greatly saddened
  • Polish: pogrążony w bólu — greatly saddened
  • Polish: pogrążony w żalu — greatly saddened