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grief

  [greef]
–noun
1. keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
2. a cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow.
—Idioms
3. come to grief, to suffer disappointment, misfortune, or other trouble; fail: Their marriage came to grief after only two years.
4. good grief, (used as an exclamation of dismay, surprise, or relief): Good grief, it's started to rain again!
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Origin:
1175–1225; ME gref, grief < AF gref; see grieve

Related forms:
griefless, adjective
grief⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. anguish, heartache, woe, misery; sadness, melancholy, moroseness. See sorrow.

Antonyms:
1. joy.
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grief   (grēf)   
n.  

  1. Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement. See Synonyms at regret.

  2. A source of deep mental anguish.

  3. Annoyance or frustration: Trying to follow their directions was nothing but grief.

  4. Trouble or difficulty: the griefs of trying to meet a deadline.

  5. Archaic A grievance.


[Middle English, from Old French, from grever, to harm, aggrieve; see grieve.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

grief 
c.1225, "hardship, suffering," from O.Fr. grief "wrong, grievance," from grever "afflict, burden, oppress," from L. gravare "to cause grief, make heavy," from gravis "weighty" (see grave (adj.)). Meaning "mental pain, sorrow" is from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: grief
Pronunciation: 'grEf
Function: noun
: deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement; also : a cause of suchsuffering
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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grief (grēf)
n.
Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Idioms & Phrases

grief

see come to grief; good grief.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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