悲痛|ひつうhitsuu[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjective, no-adjectivegrief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

• Synonym悲しいかなしいNeutralThe everyday word for feeling sad and the most common of this group. 「悲痛」 is far stronger — heart-rending grief — and is typical of news reports.
• Related痛ましいいたましいNeutralDescribes a scene so tragic — an accident, a disaster — that you want to look away. It comments on the event itself; 「悲痛」 describes the sufferer's own feelings.
• RelatedつらいNeutralBroadly painful or hard to bear — difficult situations, emotional strain of any kind. It is not tied to grief the way 「悲痛」 is.
• Related悲しげかなしげNeutralDescribes someone who looks or seems sad. It is about outward appearance, while 「悲痛」 is about inner agony.
• Related不幸せふしあわせNeutralUnhappiness or ill luck in life. It points to one's circumstances, not to the intense emotion of grief that 「悲痛」 names.
• Related悲劇的ひげきてきNeutralTragic, as in 「悲劇的な結末」. It characterizes how things turn out — the outcome — rather than anyone's grief.
• Related不幸ふこうNeutralMisfortune or unhappiness; also a polite euphemism for the death of a relative. It centers on what befalls you, not on the feeling of grief.
• Related沈痛ちんつうWrittenWritten and formal: deep, grave sadness or worry, as in 「沈痛な面持ち」「沈痛な思い」. 「悲痛」 conveys still more intense, wrenching grief.
• Related物悲しいものがなしいNeutralA vague, wistful sadness with no clear cause. Much milder than 「悲痛」, which is sharp, intense anguish.
• Relatedうら悲しいうらがなしいWrittenA faint, lingering sadness with a literary flavor; written rather than colloquial. Much milder than the intense grief of 「悲痛」.
• Related哀れ気あわれげNeutralDescribes a sorrowful air — in the expression, the voice, or the bearing. It says nothing about how deep the inner pain runs.
• Related薄幸はっこうNeutralIll-fated or hapless, as in 「薄幸の美女」. It is about one's fate or lot in life, not about grief as an emotion.
• Antonym歓喜かんきNeutralAntonym: great joy or elation — the direct opposite of the extreme grief of 「悲痛」.
• Antonym喜びよろこびNeutralAntonym: joy or gladness. It stands opposite to 「悲痛」 but is less intense than 「歓喜」.

「悲痛」 is for extreme, heart-rending grief at misfortune, as in 「悲痛な叫び」 — typical of news reports. For everyday sadness use 「悲しい」; for grave, deep sorrow 「沈痛」; for a tragic scene 「痛ましい」; for hardship of any kind 「辛い」. 「悲しげ」「哀れ気」 describe a sad look or manner, 「不幸」「不幸せ」「薄幸」 unhappy fate or circumstances, 「悲劇的」 a tragic outcome. Antonyms: 「喜び」, and the stronger 「歓喜」.

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1. 悲かなしい出来事できごとにより心こころを痛いためること。