grief-stricken
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grief-stricken
adj
deeply affected by sorrow or distress
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Adj. | 1. | grief-stricken - sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 |
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grief-stricken
adjective heartbroken, broken, crushed, devastated, overwhelmed, despairing, sorrowing, afflicted, desolate, agonized, sorrowful, wretched, inconsolable, woebegone, brokenhearted The Queen was grief-stricken over his death.
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grief-stricken
adj → untröstlich, tieftraurig; look, voice → schmerzerfüllt, gramgebeugt (geh)
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grief-stricken
[ˈgriːfˈstrɪk/ən] adj → affranto/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
grief
(griːf) noun great sorrow or unhappiness. She was filled with grief at the news of her sister's death.
ˈgrief-stricken adjective overcome by very great grief. the grief-stricken widow.
come to grief to meet disaster; to fail. The project came to grief.
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grief-stricken
a. desconsolado-a; afligido-a; acongojado-a; lleno-a de pesar.
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