griefs
Profound sorrows from loss
Griefs is the plural of grief—deep sorrow or mental anguish, especially from loss or bereavement.
The plural form appears when distinguishing separate instances or types: the accumulated griefs of a long life, personal griefs and public tragedies.
Someone processing multiple losses carries many griefs.
Feelings of profound distress
- heartachesEmotional anguish from loss
- anguishesSuffers extreme distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
- sadnessState of emotional pain
woes · bereavements · lamentations · heartbreak · despair · melancholy · desolation · afflictions
Poems lamenting death
- lamentsExpresses grief vocally
- jeremiadsProlonged mournful complaints
- tragediesDramas with fatal endings
- pathosPity-evoking quality
catharsis · keening · odes · sonnets · verses · stanzas · mournful · poignant
States following deaths
- deathsPermanent cessations of life
- funeralsRites for the deceased
- mournersThose lamenting a death
- widowhoodStatus after spouse dies
orphaning · condolences · memorials · wakes · eulogies · obituaries · remembrance · anniversaries
Distressing difficulties
- problemsSituations needing resolution
- irritationsSources of mild aggravation
- annoyancesSources of mild irritation
- hasslesBothersome inconveniences
burdens · hardships · difficulties · bothers · vexations · frustrations · aggravations · nuisances
sorrows
Feelings of profound distress
- heartachesEmotional anguish from loss
- anguishesSuffers extreme distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
sadness · woes · bereavements · lamentations · heartbreak · despair · melancholy · desolation · afflictions · torments
elegies
Poems lamenting death
- lamentsExpresses grief vocally
- jeremiadsProlonged mournful complaints
- tragediesDramas with fatal endings
pathos · catharsis · keening · odes · sonnets · verses · stanzas · mournful · poignant · bittersweet
bereavements
States following deaths
widowhood · orphaning · condolences · memorials · wakes · eulogies · obituaries · remembrance · anniversaries · graveside
troubles
Distressing difficulties
- problemsSituations needing resolution
- irritationsSources of mild aggravation
- annoyancesSources of mild irritation
hassles · burdens · hardships · difficulties · bothers · vexations · frustrations · aggravations · nuisances · headaches
griefsjoys
Feelings of great pleasure
happinesses · delights · elations · raptures · blisses
griefscelebrations
Organized expressions of joy
blessings · triumphs · victories · fortunes · consolations
- good griefExclamation of exasperation
- grief therapyTreatment for mourning
- give someone griefCriticize or annoy persistently
- grief counselingProfessional support through mourning
- stages of griefSequential mourning responses
- airing grievances
grief, grievance, grieving, grieved, grieves, aggrieved, aggrieve, grievances, griever