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All grief-stricken synonyms

grief-strick·en
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adj grief-stricken

  • heartbroken — crushed with sorrow or grief.
  • distressed — afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat.
  • anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
  • cheerless — Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
  • dejected — If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
  • depressed — If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
  • despairing — marked by or resulting from despair; hopeless or desperate
  • down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
  • inconsolable — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
  • melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
  • miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
  • morose — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
  • overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
  • troubled — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
  • unhappy — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
  • woebegone — beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance.
  • devastated — If you are devastated by something, you are very shocked and upset by it.
  • hurting — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
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