(a.) Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
(a.) Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.
(a.) Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady.
Example Sentences:
(1) The stages of mourning involve cognitive learning of the reality of the loss; behaviours associated with mourning, such as searching, embody unlearning by extinction; finally, physiological concomitants of grief may influence unlearning by direct effects on neurotransmitters or neurohormones, such as cortisol, ACTH, or norepinephrine.
(2) Mary's grief, which lasts for about the first half of the two-hour premiere special, is the finest work of the series so far by Michelle Dockery.
(3) Harry was 12 years old when Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash but said it was not until his late 20s, after two years of “total chaos”, that he processed the grief.
(4) Does he need the grief if the support is not there?
(5) Earlier descriptions of pathological grief are reviewed.
(6) As night fell in Paris, despite the bitter cold, more than 5,000 people gathered under the imposing statue of Marianne, the symbol of the republic, to show their anger, grief and solidarity.
(7) This supports conclusions by other grief counsellors (e.g.
(8) On Friday, friends and relatives spoke of their grief.
(9) The impact of early childhood loss, identification with the deceased, chronic grief, delayed grief, exaggerated or masked grief, and the death of a dream are discussed, and clinical examples are used to illustrate concepts of intervention.
(10) The early stages of grief can make a person brazen; for awhile, you have nothing left to lose.
(11) This article reviews recent literature on bereavement concerning the typical features of both normal and pathological grief.
(12) Data are presented tentatively supporting the conclusion that the SIDS grief intervention program had a beneficial impact on the participants.
(13) This paper provides guidelines for health professionals in dealing with the particular grief reactions experienced by families of babies who die of the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
(14) When I think back to that time, I recall an almost constant sense of grief.
(15) We should grieve and we should be angry, but we must not let grief or anger cloud our judgment,” he said.
(16) 'This is not the justice we seek': sorrow in Baltimore as grief turns into riots Read more The city has improved significantly in recent years – crime dropped, the economy improved, the population stopped declining for the first time in 60 years – but you couldn’t see Baltimore’s newfound prosperity in Freddie Gray’s backyard, or in the gardens nearby.
(17) Of course, her grief and the work she is doing now are intimately connected.
(18) All participants completed a sibling bereavement inventory consisting of 109 scaled items that measured self-concept perceptions and grief reactions.
(19) Futile cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may prevent humane care of the dying child and deprive parents of the opportunity to express their love, grief, and dedication at a critical moment, while appropriate and successful CPR may restore intact their child.
(20) The grief work involved in coping with a loved one's death does not end when the loved one dies.
Heartrending
Definition:
(a.) Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.
Example Sentences:
(1) "That is a heartrending song," says Guardian music writer Alexis Petridis.
(2) It was a fraction of the usual price – $6,000 a person – but even for Nogales, a gritty Mexican border city filled with hard luck stories, the Guatemalan couple’s plight was heartrending.
(3) 'Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold,' he sang memorably in the heartrending 'When Doves Cry'.
(4) A broad range of delegates were ineffably moved by Hu's speech, which contained heartrending lines such as "the scientific outlook on development is the theoretical guidance the party must adhere to for a long time".
(5) Val McDermid Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian The late, great Michael Marra , the Bard of Dundee, once wrote a heartrending and witty song called "Beefheart and Bones" about a couple divvying up their CD collection after a breakup.
(6) The visual results in some cases have been gratifying and in others heartrending.
(7) It is packed with striking statistics and heartrending stories, in the words of people being put through this inhuman and degrading assessment.
(8) She was collaborating at the time, with superb recklessness – or courage – on a book, Andrew Morton’s Diana: Her True Story , which sprung on an unsuspecting nation and its ruling family a heartrending tale of her misery and betrayal at the hands of Prince Charles.
(9) The fact that he is, only makes him more heartrending.