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grief

/ɡriːf/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɡriːf/
grief
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1 syllable
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US voice -> grief

Myanmar meaning

(n) သောက၊ပူဆွေးမူ။

Full entry

grief / gri:f / n

၁။ (က) [U] ~ (over/ at sth) ပူဆွေးမှု။ သောက။ ပရိဒေဝ။ She was overcome with grief when her husband died. ❍ the sense of grief over the loss of a child. (ခ) [C usu sing ] ပူဆွေးဖွယ် ဖြစ်ရပ်။ စိတ်မကောင်းဖွယ် ဖြစ်ရပ်။ His marriage to someone outside their faith was a great grief to his parents.
❏ come to grief [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ ဆုံးရှုံးသည်။ အလဟဿ ဖြစ်သည်။ All his schemes for making money seem to come to grief.
၂။ မတော်တဆ ထိခိုက်မှုဖြစ်သည်။ Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement.
❏ good grief! [IDM ] (infml ) (ပြင်းထန်သော ခံစားမှု အသိပြ အာမေဍ္ဍိတ်)။ 'အလိုလေး'။ Good grief! That's the most extraordinary thing I've ever seen!
❏ grief-stricken adj သောကရောက်နေသော။ ပရိဒေဝမီး တောက်လောင်နေသော။ I tried to console the grief-stricken relatives.

More examples
  • An extraordinary outpouring of grief followed the death of the princess.
  • [grief at/over] : The family’s grief at the loss of their child
Synonyms
sorrow, heartache, anguish, angst, pain, misery, unhappiness, woe, affliction, agony, bemoaning, bereavement, bewailing, care, dejection, deploring, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disquiet, distress, dole, dolor, gloom, grievance, harassment, heartbreak, infelicity, lamentation, lamenting, malaise, melancholy, mental suffering, mortification, mournfulness, mourning, purgatory, regret, remorse, repining, rue, sadness, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, vexation, worry, wretchedness
Antonyms
advantage, aid, blessing, calm, cheer, comfort, contentedness, contentment, delight, ecstasy, exhilaration, gladness, good health, happiness, health, help, hopefulness, joy, joyfulness, peace, pleasure, relief, satisfaction
Cross references
sorrowheartacheanguishangstpainmiseryunhappinesswoeafflictionagonybemoaningbereavementbewailingcaredejectiondeploringdepressiondesolationdespairdespondencydiscomfortdisquietdistressdoledolorgloomgrievanceharassment
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