憂 - melancholy, grieve, lament
melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy
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Words using 憂
anxiety; concern; fear
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
sorrow; grief; anguish; distress
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.); distraction; amusement
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts
for amusement; by way of diversion (distraction from grief)
worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)
wretched; sad