Synonyms for grief-stricken
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Heartbroken
heartbroken, grieving, sorrowful, tearful, bereaved, mournful, bereft, doleful, miserable, lugubrious, plaintive, joyless, woeful, heartsore, inconsolable, despondent, disconsolate, heartsick, dejected, forlorn, melancholy, desolate
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Very sad.
Example sentences
- grieving I'm still grieving from the death of my eldest son.
- heartbroken William heard the confession and felt heartbroken.
- tearful Ziri, Rima, and their kids had a tearful family reunion.
- bereaved My deepest condolences to the bereaved family.
By length
- 6 letters
- bereft2, woeful2
- 7 letters
- tearful2, forlorn2, joyless, doleful2
- 8 letters
- grieving2, desolate3, bereaved2, dejected3, mournful2
- 9 letters
- miserable4, sorrowful3, plaintive2, heartsick, heartsore
- 10 letters
- melancholy4, despondent3, lugubrious4
- 11 letters
- heartbroken3
- 12 letters
- inconsolable, disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bereft2 = 2 syllables).