Reverse Dictionary: GRIEF

ADJECTIVES
► BEDOLED stupefied with pain or grief → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BUSTED UP grief-stricken; depressed → 1892 US sl.
► CAREFUL full of grief; mournful, sorrowful → a1000 obs.
► CROCODILIAN making a hypocritical show of grief; cruel and treacherous; deceitful → 1632 obs.
► DUMB-COMPLAINING showing sadness or grief in the face, but not expressing it in words → 1788
► GRIEFSOME causing grief, distressing → 1635 obs.
► GRIEVABLE causing grief or pain; distressing, hurtful, injurious → 1390 obs.
​► MAIZLED lost or bewildered in grief → 1919 Sc. obs.
► SAIR of the heart, etc. aching, grief-stricken, sorrowful → 1739 Sc.
► TAME-GRIEF that subdues grief → 1605

ADVERBS
► HEAVILY with sorrow, grief, displeasure, or anger; grievously → c1000 obs.

INTERJECTIONS
► AY-LA! an exclamation of surprise or grief → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LACKADAISY expressing surprise, regret, or grief → M18
► LACKADAY expressing surprise, regret, or grief → L17 arch.
► LACKANEE! an exclamation of grief; alas! → 1813 Sc. obs.
► SARS-O-MINE! an exclamation, esp. of grief → 1864 Eng. dial. obs.

NOUNS
► AFTER-LOSS later loss or grief → 1609 obs.
► BALE mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief → c1325
► BARRAT trouble, distress, sorrow, grief, pain → c1230 obs.
► CARE mental suffering, sorrow, grief, trouble → c1250 obs.
► CORSIE ► CORZIE a cause of trouble and grief; a grievance → 1548 obs.
► EARNING longing desire; poignant grief or compassion → 1631 obs.
► EGRIMONY great sorrow, grief, sadness → 1626 obs.
► GRAME grief, sorrow; harm → c1000 obs.
► GREM ► GREME grief; harm → 1300 obs.
► GRIPES spasms of pain, pangs of grief or affliction → 1547 obs.
► HARM grief, sorrow, pain, trouble, distress, affliction → a1000 obs.
► HEART-GRIEF severe grief → 1902 Eng. dial.  (Bk.)
► HEART-SCALD a great grief, disappointment, trouble → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
► HEAVINESS sadness, grief → c1275 obs.
► ILL CHEER grief → 1876 Eng. dial.
► JEREMIAD a tale of grief; a doleful story
► LEVATION an easing or diminishing of grief or pain → 1656 obs.
► OFTHINKING displeasure, vexation, disgust, grief, sorrow → a1225 obs.
► RUTH sorrow, grief, distress; lamentation → c1225 obs.
► SAIR sorrow, grief → 1736 Sc.
► SHOWER an outpouring of grief, sorrow, etc. → 1638
► SITE care or sorrow; grief, trouble of any kind → c1200 obs.
► SMART mental pain or suffering; grief; sorrow, affliction → a1400
► SWEAM grief, affliction → a1325 obs.
► SYTE anguish, grief; suffering; a feeling of anguish or grief → c1175 obs.
► TAKE a state of excitement, grief, fluster, etc. → 1896 Sc.
► TAKING a state of excitement, grief, or perplexity → 1899 Eng. dial.
► TALL WEEPING intense grief → L19 US sl.
► TAME-GRIEF that which subdues grief → 1605
► TEAN ► TEEN sorrow, grief → 1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THOUGHT care, grief, sorrow; a burden; a cause of trouble → 1899 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► WANCHEER grief, sadness → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
► WANDREME distress, grief → c1450 obs.
► YAMMERING a cry of grief; a wailing → 1705 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.

VERBS
► DEDOLEATE to end one’s sorrow or grief → 1623 obs.
► EAT ONE’S HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation → 1596
► EAT ONE’S OWN HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation → 1879
► HEAVY to become heavy through weariness or grief → a1000 obs.
► OFTHINK to cause one grief or regret → c1000 obs.
► SOUP vb. to place in difficulties, to bring to grief → 1895 colloq.
► TAKE ON to show great excitement, grief, or other emotion → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TANG to pierce with grief or compunction → a1400 obs.