🇬🇧🇨🇳 grief-stricken - 悲痛欲绝 : English Lesson

Meaning of "grief-stricken" ("悲痛欲绝"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

When you are grief-stricken, you feel very, very sad, usually because you lost someone or something you love a lot, and your heart feels heavy, like it’s carrying a big wet blanket of sadness.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I was grief-stricken when my ice cream fell off the cone, until I remembered I could lick it off my shoe.

Our grief-stricken cat stared at the empty food bowl like it had personally betrayed him.

My grief-stricken little brother held his broken crayon like it was a fallen hero of coloring time.

The grief-stricken superhero cried when he realized he put his underwear on the wrong way over his costume again.

The grief-stricken sandwich sat on my plate, knowing I had chosen pizza instead.

A grief-stricken woman sat on the shore, holding a small shoe. Grief-stricken waves lapped her boots; a grief-stricken gull watched. Her grief-stricken hands opened the shoe, revealing a note. She smiled through tears, folding the note into her palm. The grief-stricken sky eased as she stood and walked home slowly toward the light.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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