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grief stricken

adjective as in heartbroken

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Eric Jr. now helped his sobbing mother over to the front pew and his equally grief-stricken paternal grandmother, Gwendolyn Carr.

The images from her memorial service and the faces of the grief stricken soldiers she served with are etched into my memory.

However, the tragedy surrounding this case could extend far beyond unfortunate Jahi and her grief-stricken family.

Even an “inconsolable” grief-stricken person is accessible to his or her other loved ones.

One of your most visceral performances was as that grief-stricken mother in Rabbit Hole.

This heart-felt praise served as some balm to Hal's wounded, grief-stricken spirits.

Mrs. Tufts wore one when her eldest child died, and she was dreadful grief-stricken.

We felt how little was the comfort to be had here p. 192for the grief stricken relatives.

The change in Charlotte's features, her grief-stricken appearance, gripped John Lebrenn's heart as if in a vise.

Her grief-stricken mother gets a paralytic stroke which transforms her into a sort of living corpse.

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to grief-stricken, such as: anguished, distressed, heartbroken, cheerless, dejected, and depressed.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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