Hunger is one of the strongest griefs.
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Griefs
Synonyms for "griefs" (240 found)
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heartgriefheavy hearthurtill hapinfelicityinjuryjoylessnesslamentabilitylamentationlamentinglanguishmentlesionloadmelancholiamelancholymisadventuremiscarrymischancemisfortunemournfulness
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He keeps his griefs, sorrows, ambitions and most of his real opinions to himself.
Source: tatoeba (847228)
Those griefs give most pain that are seen to be self-chosen.
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The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men.
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