grief-stricken

/ˈɡriːf strɪkən/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡriːf strɪkən/ (ame, ipa)

grief-stricken — adjective

1. feeling such painful sadness that you can barely function, usually after someone

1.形容詞C1
釋義

feeling such painful sadness that you can barely function, usually after someone close to you has died or after another devastating loss.

例句

Adaeze was grief-stricken when her grandmother passed away last spring.

predicative: be grief-stricken when + clause about a death

The grief-stricken parents asked reporters to leave the hospital waiting room.

attributive: grief-stricken + noun (people affected by loss)

同義詞
  • heartbroken

    broader — covers romantic loss and disappointment, not only bereavement

  • bereaved

    neutral / formal — names the state of having lost someone, without naming the emotion

  • inconsolable

    focuses on the impossibility of comfort, regardless of cause

  • devastated

    more general — any crushing shock, not specifically grief from death

反義詞
  • elated

    the emotional opposite: intensely happy

  • unaffected

    describes someone who feels no emotional impact from the event

文法句型

be grief-stricken

grief-stricken + noun

grief-stricken at/by/over + noun

用法筆記

Almost always used about loss caused by death or a comparable disaster; do not use for everyday disappointment. Frequently followed by a phrase naming the loss with 'at', 'by', or 'over'.

常見錯誤

❌Selim was grief-stricken when his team lost the match.
✅Selim was disappointed when his team lost the match.
💡grief-stricken is reserved for deep loss, usually a death, not minor setbacks.
❌a grief-stricken news
✅sad news' or 'the grief-stricken family received the news
💡grief-stricken describes people who feel grief, not the event or information itself.