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grief

  [greef]
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–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!
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.]
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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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Medical Dictionary

grief (grēf)
n.
Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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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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