| 1. | keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret. |
| 2. | a cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow. |
| 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! |
grief (grēf) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from grever, to harm, aggrieve; see grieve.] |
grief (grēf)
n.
Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement.