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Kummer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • burden noun A heavy load, or a difficult responsibility or worry someone has to carry.
  • distress noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  • grief noun Deep sorrow, especially caused by loss or bereavement.
  • grievance noun A formal complaint, especially about unfair treatment at work.
  • heartbreak noun Intense sadness or grief, especially after losing someone or something you loved deeply.
  • sorrow noun Deep sadness, especially over a loss.
  • trial noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.
  • tribulation noun A hard or difficult experience or period.
  • woe noun Deep sadness or distress, or a misfortune that causes it.

Senses

Kummer is used for these senses in English:

  • burden A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
  • distress Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
  • distress A cause of such discomfort.
  • grief Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]
  • grievance (countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
  • grievance (uncountable) Feelings of being wronged; outrage; resentment, bitterness or anger.
  • heartbreak Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.
  • sorrow (uncountable) unhappiness, woe

burden — full definition

  1. noun A heavy load, or a difficult responsibility or worry someone has to carry.
  2. verb To load someone down, literally or figuratively, with a burden.

distress — full definition

  1. noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  2. verb To cause someone anxiety, pain, or worry.
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