Crying is an expression of grief.
Source: tatoeba (19557)
Grief
//ɡɹiːf//
Synonyms for "grief" (240 found)
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Closest matches (48)
Strong matches (72)
Related words (120)
heartgriefheavy hearthurtill hapinfelicityinjuryjoylessnesslamentabilitylamentationlamentinglanguishmentlesionloadmelancholiamelancholymisadventuremiscarrymischancemisfortunemournfulness
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mourningnasty blowonusordealpainpainfulnesspangpassionpathospenitencepileuppiningpitiabilitypitiablenesspitifulnesspoignancyprostrationregretfulnessregretsregrettablenessregrettingremorseremorse of conscienceremorsefulnessrepiningrueruthshameshamefacednessshamefastnessshamefulnesssharpnessshipwreckshocksmashsmashupsoresore spotsorrinesssorrowfulnesssorrowingspasmstaggering blowstressstress of lifestrokesuicidal despairtender spotthroestormenttragedytraumatravailtrialtroubleunhappinesswistfulnesswoebegonenesswoefulnessworrywoundwreckwrenchwretchedness
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2 entriesSynonyms
16 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
226 translations across 85 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- mjerim noun (sadness)
- pikëllim noun (sadness)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λύπη noun (sadness)
Arabic
4 entries- أَسَى noun (sadness)
- حُزْن noun (sadness)
- غَمّ noun (sadness)
- كَآبَة noun (sadness)
Armenian
2 entries- սուգ noun (sadness)
- վիշտ noun (sadness)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- dərd noun (sadness)
- hüzn noun (sadness)
- kədər noun (sadness)
- qüssə noun (sadness)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡайғы noun (sadness)
Belarusian
4 entries- го́ра noun (sadness)
- жаль noun (sadness)
- журба́ noun (sadness)
- журбо́та noun (sadness)
Bengali
4 entries- গোসা noun (sadness)
- দুঃখ noun (sadness)
- দেরেগ noun (sadness)
- নারাজী noun (sadness)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мъ́ка noun (sadness)
- печа́л noun (sadness)
- скръб noun (sadness)
- тъга́ noun (sadness)
Burmese
2 entries- ပရိဒေဝ noun (sadness)
- အဆွေး noun (sadness)
Buryat
1 entries- гуниг noun (sadness)
Catalan
2 entries- dolor noun (sadness)
- pena noun (sadness)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خەفەت noun (sadness)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 悲哀 noun (sadness)
- 悲苦 noun (sadness)
- 感傷 /感伤 noun (sadness)
Church Slavic
2 entries- гор҄е noun (sadness)
- тѫга noun (sadness)
Czech
2 entries- smutek noun (sadness)
- žal noun (sadness)
Danish
1 entries- sorg noun (sadness)
Dutch
4 entries- leedwezen noun (sadness)
- rouw noun (sadness)
- smart noun (sadness)
- verdriet noun (sadness)
Egyptian
1 entries- i-a:n-nw-W-A2 noun (sadness)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉagreno noun (sadness)
Estonian
1 entries- lein noun (sadness)
Ewe
1 entries- konyifafa noun (sadness)
Finnish
2 entries- murhe noun (sadness)
- suru noun (sadness)
French
2 entries- douleur noun (sadness)
- peine noun (sadness)
Galician
4 entries- coita noun (sadness)
- dor noun (sadness)
- dó noun (sadness)
- mágoa noun (sadness)
Georgian
1 entries- წუხილი noun (sadness)
German
3 entries- Gram noun (sadness)
- Kummer noun (sadness)
- Leid noun (sadness)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun (sadness)
Greek
4 entries- θλίψη noun (sadness)
- οδύνη noun (sadness)
- πόνος noun (sadness)
- συντριβή noun (sadness)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֵבֶל noun (sadness)
Hindi
4 entries- ग़म noun (sadness)
- दुःख noun (sadness)
- मातम noun (sadness)
- शोक noun (sadness)
Hungarian
4 entries- bánat noun (sadness)
- bú noun (sadness)
- búbánat noun (sadness)
- gyász noun (sadness)
Icelandic
1 entries- sorg noun (sadness)
Ido
1 entries- chagreno noun (sadness)
Indonesian
1 entries- pilu noun (sadness)
Ingrian
3 entries- hallia noun (sadness)
- murhe noun (sadness)
- suru noun (sadness)
Irish
3 entries- brón noun (sadness)
- cumha noun (sadness)
- dobrón noun (sadness)
Italian
3 entries- dolore noun (sadness)
- pena noun (sadness)
- sofferenza noun (sadness)
Japanese
2 entries- 悲しみ noun (sadness)
- 悲哀 noun (sadness)
Kazakh
1 entries- қайғы noun (sadness)
Khmer
3 entries- ពិធុរ noun (sadness)
- សំណោក noun (sadness)
- អនុសោក noun (sadness)
Kikuyu
1 entries- kĩeha noun (sadness)
Korean
2 entries- 비애 noun (sadness)
- 슬픔 noun (sadness)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кайгы noun (sadness)
Lao
1 entries- ຄວາມໂສກເສົ້າ noun (sadness)
Latin
3 entries- aegritudo noun (sadness)
- dolor noun (sadness)
- tristitudo noun (sadness)
Latvian
3 entries- bēdas noun (sadness)
- sirdēsti noun (sadness)
- skumjas noun (sadness)
Lithuanian
2 entries- sielvartas noun (sadness)
- širdgėla noun (sadness)
Macedonian
2 entries- жал noun (sadness)
- тага noun (sadness)
Malay
4 entries- duka noun (sadness)
- dukachita noun (sadness)
- hiba noun (sadness)
- ratapan noun (sadness)
Mongolian
4 entries- гансрал noun (sadness)
- гаслан noun (sadness)
- гашуудал noun (sadness)
- гуниг noun (sadness)
Māori
4 entries- auhi noun (sadness)
- pāmamae noun (sadness)
- pāpōuri noun (sadness)
- rāwakiwaki noun (sadness)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- derd noun (sadness)
- keser noun (sadness)
- kovan noun (sadness)
- xem noun (sadness)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sorg noun (sadness)
Occitan
2 entries- dolor noun (sadness)
- pena noun (sadness)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- печаль noun (sadness)
- туга noun (sadness)
Old English
1 entries- caru noun (sadness)
Pashto
3 entries- خفګان noun (sadness)
- خپګان noun (sadness)
- غم noun (sadness)
Persian
2 entries- سوگ noun (sadness)
- غم noun (sadness)
Polish
3 entries- smutek noun (sadness)
- zmartwienie noun (sadness)
- żal noun (sadness)
Portuguese
3 entries- dor noun (sadness)
- mágoa noun (sadness)
- pesar noun (sadness)
Quechua
1 entries- phutiy noun (sadness)
Romanian
3 entries- mâhnire noun (sadness)
- tristețe noun (sadness)
- întristare noun (sadness)
Russian
4 entries- го́ре noun (sadness)
- кручи́на noun (sadness)
- печа́ль noun (sadness)
- скорбь noun (sadness)
Sango
1 entries- vundü noun (sadness)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दुःख noun (sadness)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- bròn noun (sadness)
- doilgheas noun (sadness)
- dòlas noun (sadness)
- mulad noun (sadness)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bijéda noun (sadness)
- béda noun (sadness)
- túga noun (sadness)
- бе́да noun (sadness)
Slovak
2 entries- smútok noun (sadness)
- žiaľ noun (sadness)
Slovene
1 entries- žalost noun (sadness)
Spanish
4 entries- calamidad noun (sadness)
- desolación noun (sadness)
- dolor noun (sadness)
- duelo noun (sadness)
Swahili
1 entries- ghamu noun (sadness)
Swedish
2 entries- bedrövelse noun (sadness)
- sorg noun (sadness)
Tajik
2 entries- суг noun (sadness)
- ғам noun (sadness)
Tatar
1 entries- кайгы noun (sadness)
Thai
1 entries- ความเศร้า noun (sadness)
Turkish
3 entries- hüzün noun (sadness)
- keder noun (sadness)
- yas noun (sadness)
Turkmen
1 entries- hasrat noun (sadness)
Ukrainian
4 entries- го́ре noun (sadness)
- жа́лощі noun (sadness)
- жаль noun (sadness)
- журба́ noun (sadness)
Urdu
1 entries- غَم noun (sadness)
Uyghur
4 entries- دەرد noun (sadness)
- غەم noun (sadness)
- قايغۇ noun (sadness)
- ھەسرەت noun (sadness)
Uzbek
4 entries- dard noun (sadness)
- dogʻ noun (sadness)
- gʻam noun (sadness)
- hasrat noun (sadness)
Vietnamese
2 entries- buồn noun (sadness)
- buồn rầu noun (sadness)
Welsh
2 entries- galar noun (sadness)
- gofid noun (sadness)
Zazaki
3 entries- keder (diq) noun (sadness)
- qaxu noun (sadness)
- ğem (diq) noun (sadness)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
To weep is to make less the depth of grief.
Source: tatoeba (19559)
The woman's face was marked with grief.
Source: tatoeba (46610)
The orphan wept with grief over his misfortune.
Source: tatoeba (48148)
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