Grief and Inspiration

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Grief noun - Deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved.

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Inspiration and grief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inspiration" instead a noun "Grief".

Nearby Words: grieve, grieving

Inspiration noun - Arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity.

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Grief and inspiration are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grief" instead a noun "Inspiration".

good	good grief	good inspiration
particular	particular grief	particular inspiration
considerable	considerable grief	considerable inspiration
true	true grief	true inspiration
Other adjectives: genuine, deep, obvious, romantic, real, great, little, main, supposed, major, apparent, mutual.

Muse Abuse: "Song For Whoever" is about a songwriter who cynically sees his lover's grief as inspiration, and doesn't even remember her name.

Source: Music / The Beautiful South
In Undergrads, college dorm life is deconstructed to counter its inspiration Animal House; Rocko's fratboy behavior is looked down on heavily by his frat brothers, who view him as a source of grief.

Source: Deconstruction

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