grieflessadj.
/ˈɡriːflɪs/ Free from grief.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adjective]
sorrowlessOE
carelessa1000
restful1340
clearc1374
unsada1450
undiseased?c1450
unoffendedc1450
undistroubled1466
frank1477
unvexed1485
quiet1535
secure1545
griefless1552
trouble-void1559
woeless1568
undistressed1582
tearless1603
cocksure1613
undejected1613
undisquieted1627
uncareful1635
serene1640
indisconsolatea1645
trouble-free1648
catastematic1656
thoughtless1659
incruciated1661
easy1692
undepressed1697
unsufferinga1732
ungloomed1737
solute1742
unanxious1742
undarkened1742
unsighinga1743
comfortable1770
unharassed1796
unworried1818
gloomless1820
ungroaning1821
unpestered1824
ungrieving1837
troubleless1838
unsaddened?c1840
untrespassed1854
unannoyed1865
unfretted1870
fretless1878
worriless1889
stress-free1898
unstressed1927
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Griefeles or sorowles.
1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta ii. i, in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Nii I graunte I can not grieflesse, well beholde My fathers pallace.
1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 311 Unmurmuring, griefless, watching.
a1874 S. T. Dobell Poet. Wks. (1875) I. 192 Grand And griefless as a rich man's funeral.
1882 A. C. Swinburne Tristram of Lyonesse 6 The griefless ghost of grief.
Derivatives
ˈgrieflessness n. griefless condition.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] > griefless condition
grieflessness1571
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxii. 3) Hee betokeneth not greeflesnesse or blockishnesse.
1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 34 Greeflesnesse is thoughte too bee a signe of Desperatenesse.
1886 H. Sidgwick Outl. Hist. Ethics ii. §16. 81 The grieflessness which the sage was conceived to maintain amid the worst tortures.
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