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grief-stricken

[ greef-strik-uhn ]

adjective

  1. overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.


grief-stricken

adjective

  1. deeply affected by sorrow or distress
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of grief-stricken1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Like many locals, my emotions are heightened at the moment, but I also was struck at how much more clearly defined the bride’s face is now, appearing grief-stricken and lovesick.

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Like many locals, my emotions are heightened at the moment, but I was also struck at how much more clearly defined the bride’s face is now, appearing grief-stricken and lovesick.

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“Memoir of a Snail” is a strange stop-motion tragicomedy straight out of Dickens that’s not about a gastropod but the grim life of a grief-stricken snail enthusiast.

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A grief-stricken young couple told me they had managed to save their five-month-old baby, but their other children, aged seven and 12, were washed away.

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His death inspired the track I Can Never Say Goodbye - a window into grief-stricken frustration and regret.

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What doesgrief-stricken mean?

Grief-stricken means overwhelmed or strongly affected by grief—mental or emotional suffering or distress caused by loss or regret.

It’s especially used to describe a person who is feeling intense sorrow and loss from the death of a loved one.

The word stricken is the past participle of the verb strike, but it can also be used as an adjective meaning the same thing as afflicted.

The word grief can also be used in the context of other situations involving loss, such as a divorce or the loss of a job, but grief-stricken is usually only used to describe those who are feeling grief due to a death. In other words, those who are grief-stricken are usually those who are grieving or mourning.

Example: She was absolutely grief-stricken after the loss of her mother.

Where doesgrief-stricken come from?

The first records of the term grief-stricken come from around 1900. The word grief is first recorded much earlier, around 1200, and ultimately comes from the Latin verb , meaning “to burden,” from gravis, “heavy.” The same root forms the basis of the words gravity and the adjective grave meaning “serious.”

People who are griefsticken—and those who try to help them deal with their grief—often become familiar with the popular theory that there are five stages of grief, which was developed by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. According to Kübler-Ross, the five stages of grief are:

  1. Denial (This stage involves difficulty believing that what has happened is real.)
  2. Anger (This involves frustration that it has happened to you.)
  3. Bargaining (This can involve thinking about “what if” and trying to find some way out of what has happened.)
  4. Depression. (This involves the sorrow that comes with the realization that what has happened is real and nothing can be done to change it.)
  5. Acceptance. (This stage involves accepting what has happened and attempting to move on.)

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Grief-stricken is almost always used to describe someone who is overwhelmed with sorrow after the death of a loved one.

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To all the families who are grief-stricken over the loss of a loved one, I offer you my sincere condolences.

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