noun
- An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement.
- usage: "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"
- Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment.
- usage: "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
- synonyms: regret, rue, ruefulness
- Something that causes great unhappiness.
- usage: "her death was a great grief to John"
- synonyms: grief
- The state of being sad.
- usage: "she tired of his perpetual sadness"
- synonyms: sadness, sorrowfulness
verb
- Feel grief.
- synonyms: grieve
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