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печа́л — meaning in English

pechal

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English meaning

  • grief noun Deep sorrow, especially caused by loss or bereavement.
  • lamentation noun The act of lamenting.
  • sadness noun The state of feeling sad; sorrow.
  • sorrow noun Deep sadness, especially over a loss.

Senses

печа́л is used for these senses in English:

  • dolour (chiefly, uncountable, literary) Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.
  • grief Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]
  • lamentation The act of lamenting.
  • sadness (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
  • sorrow (uncountable) unhappiness, woe

grief — full definition

  1. noun Deep sorrow, especially caused by loss or bereavement.
  2. noun A source of trouble or annoyance (informal).

lamentation — full definition

  1. noun The act of lamenting.
  2. noun A sorrowful cry; a lament.
  3. noun Specifically, mourning.
  4. noun lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge

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