grief
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noun
Idioms 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!
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World English Dictionary
grief (ɡriːf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | deep or intense sorrow or distress, esp at the death of someone |
| 2. | something that causes keen distress or suffering |
| 3. | informal trouble or annoyance: people were giving me grief for leaving ten minutes early |
| 4. | informal come to grief to end unsuccessfully or disastrously |
| 5. | tune someone grief See tune |
| [C13: from Anglo-French gref, from grever to | |
| 'griefless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
grief
early 13c., "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.
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Medical Dictionary
grief (grēf)
n.
Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement.
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Most of the time, schizophrenia causes great grief and suffering for the patients and their families.
The smoke plume was visible from space, and it caused a lot of local grief.
Expert-reviewed report about grief, bereavement, and feelings of loss in survivors of someone who has died of cancer.
It was a perfect storm of perfectly horrific proportions and no science cannot assuage the grief there, or here.
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