Grief definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GRIEF ,n. [L. gravis.] 1. The pain of mind produced by ... injury or evils of any kind; sorrow; regret. We experience grief when we lose a friend, when we incur loss, when we consider ourselves injured, and by sympathy, we feel grief at the misfortunes of others. 2. The pain of mind ... that we have done wrong; pain accompanying repentance. We feel grief when we have offended or injured a friend, and the ... Supreme Being, fills the penitent heart with the most poignant grief. 3. Cause of sorrow; that which afflicts. Who were ...
GRIEF; GRIEVE definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia gref, grev: There are ... 20 Hebrew words translated in the King James Version by "grief," "grieve," "to be grieved," etc. Among the chief are chalah ... the King James Version, "a heap in the day of grief"; Isa 53:3,1, "a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief," "He hath borne our griefs" (choli), the Revised Version, margin ... Hebrew "sickness, sicknesses"; 53:10, "He hath put him to grief," the Revised Version, margin "made him sick" (chalah) (translated by ... toil (Ps 31:10), "For my life is spent with grief," the Revised Version (British and American) "sorrow"; "The Lord ...
To come to grief definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary To come out with, to ... To come to blows. See under Blow. To come to grief. See under Grief. To come to a head. (a) To suppurate, as a ... antagonist or a difficulty bravely. [Colloq.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Grief Grief (gr[=e]f), n. [OE. grief, gref, OF. grief, gref, F. grief, L. gravis heavy; ...
grief-stricken definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: sorrowful ... through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" [syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If someone is grief-stricken, they are extremely sad about something that has happened. (FORMAL) ...the grief-stricken family... The Queen was grief-stricken over his death. ADJ
... something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John" [syn: grief, sorrow] 4: the state of being sad; "she tired of ... his perpetual sadness" [syn: sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness] v 1: feel grief [syn: grieve, sorrow] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle ... great sorrow they could not marry > 2. a cause of grief or sadness 3. a display of grief or sadness Synonyms: sorrow, grief, anguish, woe, regret mean distress of mind. sorrow implies ...
come to grief definitions Merriam Webster's phrasal to encounter misfortune (as calamity, defeat, or ruin) < his campaign came to grief > Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms ( Colloq. ) 1. Fail, result ...
... of sorrow. MOURNING, n. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow. 1. The dress or customary habit worn by ... through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" [syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing] n 1: state of sorrow over ... mourning, bereavement] 2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: lamentation, mourning] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 13th century ... an outward sign (as black clothes or an armband) of grief for a person's death b. a period of time during which signs of grief are shown Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 the expression of ... Goth. ma['u]rnan.] 1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; ...
... state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief. Some virtues are seen only in affliction. 2. The cause ... losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief. To repay that money will be a biting affliction. --Shak ... state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief. Some virtues are seen only in affliction. --Addison. Syn: Calamity; sorrow; distress; grief; pain; adversity; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; trouble; hardship. Usage: Affliction, Sorrow, Grief, Distress. Affliction and sorrow are terms of wide and general application; grief and distress have reference to particular cases. Affliction is ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary GRIE'VOUS, a. [from grieve, or grief.] Heavy; oppressive; burdensome; as a grievous load of taxes. 1 ... to him that forsaketh the way. Proverbs 15. 2. Causing grief or sorrow. The thing was very grievous in Abraham's ... grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening] 2: causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh ... Reference Dictionary adj. 1 (of pain etc.) severe. 2 causing grief or suffering. 3 injurious. 4 flagrant, heinous. Phrases and idioms ... Grievous Griev"ous, a. [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.] 1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. ...
... to comfort, assuage, relieve. See Console.] 1. To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in afflication; to ... future reward. 2. To allay; to assuage; as, to solace grief. SOL'ACE, v.i. To take comfort; to be cheered or relieved in grief. SOL'ACE, n. Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; recreation. The ... a. to make cheerful b. amuse 3. allay, soothe < solace grief > • solacement noun • solacer noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English ...
Dolorous definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DOLOROUS, a. [L., grief.] 1. Sorrowful; doleful; dismal; impressing sorrow or grief; as a dolorous object; a dolorous region. 2. Painful; giving ... than the paw of the bear. 3. Expressing pain or grief; as dolorous sighs. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1 ... Date: 15th century causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief • dolorously adverb • dolorousness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. literary or ... from dolor: cf. F. douloureux. See Dolor.] 1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses ... to you for your comfort. --Shak. 2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful. Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than ...
... Sorrow for any thing done or said; the pain or grief which a person experiences in consequence of the injury or ... not personal relation to sin, either in its experience of grief or in turning from an evil course. Yet the results ... terms are also sometimes employed when the twofold idea of grief and altered relation is expressed, and are translated by "repent ... it "exercise penitence" (poenitentiam agere). But "penitence" etymologically signifies pain, grief, distress, rather than a change of thought and purpose. Thus ... Christianity has been corrupted by the pernicious error of presenting grief over sin rather than abandonment of sin as the primary ... Latin repoenitere, and inherits the fault of the Latin, making grief the principal idea and keeping it in the background, ...