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Grief

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Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Grief has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Griefn. [OE. grief, gref, OF. grief, gref, F. grief, L. gravis heavy; akin to Gr. bary`s, Skr. guru, Goth. ka. Cf. Barometer, Grave, a., Grieve, Gooroo.].
  •  Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.  [1913 Webster]
    "The mother was so afflicted at the loss of a fine boy, . . . that she died for grief of it."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.  [1913 Webster]
    "Be factious for redress of all these griefs."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady.  [1913 Webster]
    "This grief (cancerous ulcers) hastened the end of that famous mathematician, Mr. Harriot."  [1913 Webster]
To come to grief, to meet with calamity, accident, defeat, ruin, etc., causing grief; to turn out badly. [Colloq.]
Syn. -- Affiction; sorrow; distress; sadness; trial; grievance.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Grief, n.
1 deep or intense sorrow or mourning.
2 the cause of this.

Idiom
come to grief meet with disaster; fail. good (or great) grief! an exclamation of surprise, alarm, etc.
Etymology
ME f. AF gref, OF grief f. grever GRIEVE(1)

THESAURUS

Grief

accident, ache, aching, aching heart, adversity, affliction, agony, agony of mind, anguish, apologies, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, bale, bemoaning, bewailing, bitterness, bleakness, bleeding heart, blow, broken heart, burden, calamity, care, carking care, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, cheerlessness, collision, come apart, come to grief, come unstuck, comfortlessness, contretemps, contriteness, contrition, crack-up, cramp, crash, crushing, curse, cut, dejection, depression, depth of misery, desolation, despair, despondency, difficulty, disaster, discomfort, dismalness, distress, distressfulness, dole, dolor, dreariness, extremity, fail, grievousness, heartache, heartbreak, heartfelt grief, heartgrief, heavy heart, hurt, ill hap, infelicity, injury, joylessness, lamentability, lamentation, lamenting, languishment, lesion, load, melancholia, melancholy, misadventure, miscarry, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, mournfulness, nasty blow, onus, ordeal, pain, painfulness, pang, passion, pathos, pileup, pining, pitiability, pitiableness, pitifulness, poignancy, prostration, regret, regretfulness, regrets, regrettableness, regretting, remorse, remorse of conscience, remorsefulness, repining, rue, ruth, sadness, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, shamefulness, sharpness, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, sore, sore spot, sorriness, sorrow, sorrowfulness, sorrowing, spasm, staggering blow, stress, stress of life, stroke, suffering, suicidal despair, tender spot, throes, torment, tragedy, trauma, travail, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, wistfulness, woe, woebegoneness, woefulness, worry, wound, wreck, wrench, wretchedness

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Grief

Pain

N mental suffering, pain, dolor, suffering, sufferance, ache, smart, passion, displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet, malaise, inquietude, uneasiness, vexation of spirit, taking, discontent, dejection, weariness, anhedonia, annoyance, irritation, worry, infliction, visitation, plague, bore, bother, botheration, stew, vexation, mortification, chagrin, esclandre, mauvais quart d'heur, care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, trial, ordeal, fiery ordeal, shock, blow, cark, dole, fret, burden, load, concern, grief, sorrow, distress, affliction, woe, bitterness, heartache, carking cares, heavy heart, aching heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, heavy affliction, gnawing grief, unhappiness, infelicity, misery, tribulation, wretchedness, desolation, despair, extremity, prostration, depth of misery, nightmare, ephialtes, incubus, pang, anguish, agony, torture, torment, purgatory, hell upon earth, iron age, reign of terror, slough of despond, peck of troubles, ills that flesh is heir to, miseries of human life, unkindest cut of all, sufferer, victim, prey, martyr, object of compassion, wretch, shorn lamb, in pain, in a state of pain, full of pain, suffering, pained, afflicted, worried, displeased, aching, griped, sore, on the rack, in limbo, between hawk and buzzard, uncomfortable, uneasy, ill at ease, in a taking, in a way, disturbed, discontented, out of humor, weary, heavy laden, stricken, crushed, a prey to, victimized, ill-used, unfortunate, to be pitied, doomed, devoted, accursed, undone, lost, stranded, fey, unhappy, infelicitous, poor, wretched, miserable, woe-begone, cheerless, careworn, concerned, sorry, sorrowing, sorrowful, cut up, chagrined, horrified, horror-stricken, in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief, in tears, steeped to the lips in misery, heart-stricken, heart-broken, heart-scalded, broken-hearted, in despair, the iron entered into our soul, haeret lateri lethalis arundo, one's heart bleeding, down, thou climbing sorrow, mirth cannot move a soul in agony, nessun maggior dolere che ricordarsi del tempo fel, sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier th, the Niobe of Nations.

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