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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffer or cause another to suffer |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, eat heart out, excruciate, harrow, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, sing the blues, squirm, stew over, strain, strive, struggle, take it badly, torment, torture, try, wince, worry, writhe |
| Antonyms: | not worry |
| Main Entry: | bewail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry over, lament |
| Synonyms: | bemoan, deplore, eat heart out, express sorrow, grieve for, moan, mourn, regret, repent, rue, sing the blues, take on, wail, weep over |
| Antonyms: | be happy, be joyous, exalt, gloat, praise, vaunt |
| Main Entry: | deplore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regret; condemn |
| Synonyms: | abhor, be against, bemoan, bewail, carry on, censure, complain, cry, denounce, deprecate, disapprove of, eat one's heart out, grieve for, hate, hurt, lament, moan, mourn, object to, repent, rue, sing the blues, sorrow over, take on, weep |
| Antonyms: | approve, be happy, delight, praise, rejoice, revel |
| Main Entry: | grieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mourn, feel deep distress |
| Synonyms: | ache, bear, bemoan, bewail, carry on, complain, cry, cry a river, deplore, eat one's heart out, endure, hang crepe, keen, lament, regret, rue, sing the blues, sorrow, suffer, take it hard, wail, weep |
| Antonyms: | be glad, be happy |
| Main Entry: | sorrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very upset, grieved |
| Synonyms: | agonize, be sad, bemoan, bewail, carry on, cry a river, deplore, eat heart out, grieve, groan, hang crepe, lament, moan, mourn, regret, sing the blues, sob, take on*, weep |
| Antonyms: | be happy, be joyful, delight, relieve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | sorrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Trophonian, bathed in tears, begrutten, blatant, curkling, dacryagogue, dissolved in tears, elegiac, epiphoric, flebile, illachrymable, in mourning, in sackcloth and ashes, in tears, lachrimose, lachrymal, lamenting, larmoyant, like Niobe all tears, mournful, mugient, plaintful, plaintive, querimonious, querulous, remugient, sorrowful, sorrowing, tearful, weeping, with moisture in one's eyes, with tears in one's eyes, with watery eyes
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