gregarious, adj. sociable, social, affable, companionable, folksy, neighborly, brotherly; friendly, amicable, genial, cordial, hospitable, warm-hearted, kindly; hearty, hail-fellow-well-met, convivial, gremlin, n. specter, phantom, ghost; goblin, hobgoblin, barghest, kobold; gnome, elf, imp, leprechaun, brownie, nix, fairy, sprite; bugbear, bogy, bogeyman, ogre; demon, devil, grenade, n. explosive, hand grenade, bomb, Sl. egg, Molotov cocktail, letter bomb; shell, ball, gas bomb, incendiary bomb, napalm bomb, stink bomb, time bomb. grief, n. 1. anguish, misery, Archaic, bale, dolor, Archaic, dole; sorrow, sadness, woe, ruth, heartache, heartbreak, broken heart; ache, hurt, pain, suffering, Archaic, teen; torture, torment, agony; lamentation, bereavement, mourning; wretchedness, heaviness of heart, desolation, despondency, dejection, despair, slough of despond, moroseness, melancholy.
2. regret, rue, remorse, repentance, contrition, penitence, compunction.
3. distress, affliction, grievance, trouble, worry, vexation, Inf. worriment; plight, strait, predicament, sea of troubles, difficulty, rub; burden, load, albatross, cross, onus, crown of thorns, bitter pill, millstone around one's neck; trial, travail, tribulation, curse, ordeal, infliction.
4. misfortune, adversity, loss, mischance, mishap, casualty, accident; reverse, hard luck, ill luck, bad luck, bad fortune, ill fortune, hard times, evil days; hardship, privation, austerity, pinch, extremity; disaster, calamity, catastrophe, evil; trauma, blow, shock.
5. come to grief fail, miscarry, Inf. come a cropper, Inf come to no good, go to wrack and ruin. grievance, n. 1. wrong, unjust act, injustice, disservice, unfairness; injury, damage, hurt; outrage, atrocity, enormity, calamity; offense, affront, indignation, indignity.
2. complaint, Law. gravamen, charge, accusation, imputation, allegation, plaint; grudge, U.S. Sl. beef, U.S. Inf. gripe, Inf. ax to grind, bone to pick, Brit. crow to pluck. grieve, v. 1. sorrow, ache, suffer, eat one's heart out, anguish; mourn, lament, bewail, bemoan; weep, wail, cry, sob, shed tears, cry one's eyes out.
2. rue, regret, repine, deplore; take to heart, lay to heart.
3. pain, sadden, aggrieve, make one's heart bleed, break one's heart; hurt, injure, cut up, wound, scathe, cut to the quick, cut to the heart.
4. afflict, distress, disquiet, discomfort; deject, depress, oppress; torture, torment, agonize, harass, vex. grievous, adj. 1. sorrowful, mournful, sad, distressing, agonizing, crushing; painful, acute, sharp, cutting; heart-rending, moving, Inf. tear-jerking, pathetic, tragic, pitiful.
2. flagrant, blatant, egregious, heinous, shameful; atrocious, enormous, outrageous, flagitious, iniquitous, nefarious; shocking, appalling, glaring, gross, dire, grave; deplorable, lamentable, calamitous, dreadful.
3. burdensome, oppressive, heavy, afflictive; unbearable, torturous, impossible; unendurable, insufferable, insupportable, more than flesh and blood can bear.
grill, n. 1. gridiron, grate, barbecue; griddle.
-v. 2. broil, barbecue; fry, griddle.
3. persecute, torment, torture, excruciate, burn, scald.
4. Informal, cross-examine, cross-question, interrogate, quiz, pump, catechize. grim, adj. 1. stern, uncompromising, unyielding, unbending, inflexible, unamenable; firm, tenacious, intractable, adamant; obstinate, steadfast, obdurate, headstrong; unrelenting, relentless, inexorable, implacable; harsh, hard, severe, iron; resolute, determined, decided, set, strong-willed, dead set; indomitable, dogged, indefatigable; unflinching, unwavering, unshaken, unfaltering, unshrinking.