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noun
Idioms1.
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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Grief
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Example Sentences
- As an atheist/agnostic it can be difficult to cope with grief in a society that is 95% religious.
- When a loved one departs, the first stage of grief is denial.
- We all are very saddened by his loss and wish him and his family stability and support in this time of unimaginable grief.
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World English Dictionary
| grief (ɡriːf) | |
| —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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