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Intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death

A feeling of annoyance or irritation at someone or something

Something that causes distress or trouble

Something that causes irritation or frustration

A state of ruin, disaster or doom

Obsolete form of penitence

A state of unrest or disorder, usually between opposing factions

A challenging or difficult period

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

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Noun

Intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death

broken-heartedness

heaviness of heart

mental suffering

disconsolateness

downheartedness

heavy-heartedness

dissatisfaction

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

emotional suffering

apprehensiveness

dark night of the soul

unconsolability

heavyheartedness

disillusionment

harsh conditions

low-spiritedness

discontentedness

heartbrokenness

Sturm und Drang

nervous tension

stroke of bad luck

slough of despond

lack of enthusiasm

negative thinking

extreme unhappiness

lack of confidence

loss of confidence

world-weariness

clinical depression

endogenous depression

reactive depression

postnatal depression

one's black dog

trials and tribulations

acceptance of the inevitable

passive acceptance

fatal attraction

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“A devastated couple has told of their grief following the death of their baby son.”

Noun

A feeling of annoyance or irritation at someone or something

dissatisfaction

wounded feelings

being rubbed up the wrong way

cantankerousness

discontentedness

acrimoniousness

sense of injury

righteous anger

pressurization^US

pressurisation^UK

chip on your shoulder

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“It particularly bothers me that they give me even more grief than normal simply if I'm dressed in a tie.”

Noun

Something that causes distress or trouble

thorn in the flesh

reversal of fortune

stroke of bad luck

impecuniousness

humble beginnings

trials and tribulations

financial distress

reverse of fortune

kick in the teeth

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“My back has been giving me grief lately.”

Noun

Something that causes irritation or frustration

pain in the bum

pain in the neck

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

cause of distress

chip on your shoulder

trials and tribulations

source of irritation

source of annoyance

thorn in the flesh

troublesomeness

source of vexation

bane of one's life

thorn in one's side

inopportuneness

incommodiousness

burr under someone's saddle

source of aggravation

burr in someone's saddle

uncomfortableness

pain in the behind

source of disruption

stumbling block

fly in the ointment

spanner in the works

monkey wrench in the works

stroke of bad luck

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“Luis Martín and his wife were much distressed at this rigorous order, it being a grief to them not to be able to receive the religious in their house when they passed, for they lived where hospitality is very necessary.”

Noun

A state of ruin, disaster or doom

reverse of fortune

rough situation

stroke of ill luck

hell in a handbasket

tragic state of affairs

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“All manner of wildlife have met with grief after being sucked into engines or being hit by aircraft on runways.”

Noun

Obsolete form of penitence

self-condemnation

self-castigation

self-flagellation

self-punishment

pangs of conscience

self-accusation

prickings of conscience

guilty conscience

feelings of guilt

twinge of conscience

second thoughts

pang of conscience

twinges of conscience

stab of conscience

twinge of remorse

a guilty conscience

a bad conscience

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Noun

A state of unrest or disorder, usually between opposing factions

dissatisfaction

breach of the peace

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Noun

A challenging or difficult period

difficult chapter

challenging period

disconsolateness

trials and tribulations

mental suffering

apprehensiveness

downheartedness

broken-heartedness

heaviness of heart

unconsolability

dark night of the soul

demoralization^US

harsh conditions

demoralisation^UK

emotional suffering

a difficult experience

butterflies in the stomach

reverse of fortune

a frustrating experience

a unpleasant experience

heartbrokenness

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Noun

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

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