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PRONUNCIATION OF GRIEFFUL

griefful  [ˈɡriːffʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRIEFFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Griefful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GRIEFFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of griefful in the English dictionary

The definition of griefful in the dictionary is stricken with grief or sorrow.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRIEFFUL


awful
ˈɔːfʊl
beautiful
ˈbjuːtɪfʊl
careful
ˈkɛəfʊl
colorful
ˈkʌləfʊl
full
fʊl
grateful
ˈɡreɪtfʊl
helpful
ˈhɛlpfʊl
hopeful
ˈhəʊpfʊl
laughful
ˈlɑːffʊl
lifeful
ˈlaɪffʊl
loofful
ˈluːffʊl
meaningful
ˈmiːnɪŋfʊl
painful
ˈpeɪnfʊl
peaceful
ˈpiːsfʊl
powerful
ˈpaʊəfʊl
shelfful
ˈʃɛlffʊl
strifeful
ˈstraɪffʊl
successful
səkˈsɛsfʊl
useful
ˈjuːsfʊl
wonderful
ˈwʌndəfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRIEFFUL

gridlock
gridlocked
grief
grief player
grief-stricken
griefer
griefless
Grieg
Grierson
grievance
grievance procedure
grievant
grieve
griever
grieving
grievingly
grievous
grievous bodily harm
grievously
grievousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRIEFFUL

cheerful
colourful
dreadful
faithful
graceful
handful
harmful
impactful
insightful
joyful
lawful
lustful
playful
respectful
stressful
thankful
thoughtful
unlawful
unsuccessful
youthful

Synonyms and antonyms of griefful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «griefful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRIEFFUL

Find out the translation of griefful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of griefful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «griefful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

griefful
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

griefful
570 millions of speakers

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griefful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

griefful
380 millions of speakers
ar

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griefful
280 millions of speakers

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griefful
278 millions of speakers

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griefful
270 millions of speakers

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griefful
260 millions of speakers

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griefful
220 millions of speakers

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Griefful
190 millions of speakers

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griefful
180 millions of speakers

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griefful
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

griefful
85 millions of speakers

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Griefful
85 millions of speakers
vi

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griefful
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

griefful
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुःखी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

griefful
70 millions of speakers

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griefful
65 millions of speakers

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griefful
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

griefful
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

griefful
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

griefful
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

griefful
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

griefful
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

griefful
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of griefful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIEFFUL»

The term «griefful» is used very little and occupies the 162.287 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIEFFUL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about griefful

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRIEFFUL»

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1
Kenridge Hall and Other Poems
Gold blew the winds my babe to chill, Sad was my heart when we was still ; . That weary night, that griefful morn — Ah ! would my babe had ne'er been born " Wiiy stands a knight in gleaming mail Beneath yon POEMS. Song of the Mississippi ...
Leander Clark, 1859
2
Compl Wks Rbt Browning 8: With Variant Readings And Annotations
The words lay living on my lip, I made 690 The one-turn more — and there at the window stood, Framed in its black square length, with lamp in hand, Pompilia; the same great, grave, griefful air As stands i' the dusk, on altar that I know, Left ...
Robert Browning, 1988
3
The Complete Works of Robert Browning: The Ring and the Book
The words lay living on my lip, I made 690 The one-turn more — and there at the window stood, Framed in its black square length, with lamp in hand, Pompilia; the same great, grave, griefful air As stands i' the dusk, on altar that I know, Left ...
Robert Browning, 1988
4
The Ladies' Companion
Jn the heautiful calm of a summer's evening, the memory-wakening stillness of a moonlight night, seek the silent shades that shroud the unforgotten dead — with his forehead howed to the flower-grown sod, who kneels in griefful prayer?
Edgar Allan Poe, 1841
5
The life of Joseph, the son of Israel: chiefly designed to ...
So saying, his voice was stopped by his rising sorrow, and he poured forth a flood of repentant and griefful tears ; and then proceeded : “ Keep us not in suspense, my lord. Let us know our doom, for we are prepared to meet the worst.” _ 4- 3°“ ...
John Macgowan, 1818
6
The Poetical Works: Containing Gorboduc [by Thomas Norton], ...
Containing Gorboduc [by Thomas Norton], and Induction and Legend of Henry Duke of Buckingham Thomas Sackville Earl of Dorset, Thomas Norton. Could not be half so griefful to your grace, As these most wretched tidings that I bring. Goa.
Thomas Sackville Earl of Dorset, Thomas Norton, 1820
7
The Dublin Journal of Temperance, Science, and Literature. ...
... could his cruel heart amove, (For he repaide hir love with bltter hato,) To him hir tiers resentment then was no less grcate. Clnthia griefful at hir cruel mirthe, Chidiug her follie, thus to hir did say : " Ah 1 wood ympe, childe of an unhappie birth.
‎1843
8
The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser
Griefful, full of Grief; Griple, fignifies one that snatche: any thing grecdily, or' a griping Mistr. Groom, shepherd, Herdsman. Guerdon, (Fr.) Reward, Prize. Guilen, to beguile or deceive. Guilesul, deceitfnl. Guisis, Form, Habit, condition. Gyre (Lat .
Edmund Spenser, John Hughes, William Dillingham, 1715
9
The Ladies' Companion and Literary Expositor
In the heautiful calm of a summer's evening, the memory-wakening stillness of a moonlight night, seek the silent shades that shroud the unforgotten dead — with his forehead howed to the flower-grown sod, who kneels in griefful prayer ?
William W. Snowden, Lydia Howard Sigourney, Emma Catherine Embury, 1841
10
The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Five Volumes
Griefful, full of grief. Griple, one that snatches greedily, a griping miser. Groom, shepherd, herdsman. Groynd, grunted. Guarish, to garnish, to dress out gorgeously. Gueld, a guildhall. Guerdon, reward, recompense, prize. Guilers, cheats. Guise ...
Edmund Spenser, 1825

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Griefful [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/griefful>. Apr 2024 ».
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