Meanings
adjectivegrief-stricken (comparative more grief-stricken, superlative most grief-stricken)
comparative more grief-stricken · superlative most grief-stricken
- Very sad.
Synonyms: miserable, sorrowful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery sad.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesorrowful through loss or deprivation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian опечален
- опечален (opečalen)greatly saddened
Chinese Cantonese 悱惻 /悱恻
- 悱惻 /悱恻 (fei² cak¹)greatly saddened
Chinese Mandarin 悱惻 /悱恻
- 悱惻 /悱恻 (fěicè)greatly saddened
Estonian murest murtud
- murest murtudgreatly saddened
Finnish surun murtama
- surun murtamagreatly saddened
Italian tristissimo
- tristissimogreatly saddened
Māori tūmatatenga, pūkatokato
- tūmatatengagreatly saddened
- pūkatokatogreatly saddened
- pākatokatogreatly saddened
Polish pogrążony w bólu, pogrążony w żalu
- pogrążony w bólugreatly saddened
- pogrążony w żalugreatly saddened
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“grief-stricken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grief-stricken. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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