grief
11grief — early 13c., hardship, suffering, pain, bodily affliction, from O.Fr. grief wrong, grievance, injustice, misfortune, calamity (13c.), from grever afflict, burden, oppress, from L. gravare to cause grief, make heavy, from gravis weighty (see GRAVE… …
12grief — I noun adversity, affliction, agony, anguish, anxiety, bereavement, bitterness, broken heart, burden, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, chagrin, concern, contrition, desolation, despair, despondency, disaster, discomfort, discontent, displeasure,… …
13grief — *sorrow, anguish, woe, heartache, heartbreak, regret Analogous words: mourning, grieving, sorrowing (see GRIEVE): lamenting or lamentation, bewailing, bemoaning, deploring (see corresponding verbs at DEPLORE) Contrasted words: comforting or… …
14grief — [n] mental suffering affliction, agony, anguish, bemoaning, bereavement, bewailing, care, dejection, deploring, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disquiet, distress, dole, dolor, gloom, grievance, harassment, heartache,… …
15Grief — Bereavement redirects here. For the film, see Bereavement (film). For other uses, see Grief (disambiguation). A funeral during the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992 Grief is a multi faceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or… …
16grief — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, great, inconsolable, intense, overwhelming, real ▪ personal, private ▪ I felt awkward at intrud …
17grief — n. 1) to express; feel, suffer grief 2) to come to grief 3) bitter, deep, inconsolable, overwhelming, profound grief 4) grief at, over 5) of grief (to die of grief) 6) (misc.) good grief ! (exclamation expressing mild dismay) * * * [griːf] deep …
18grief — [[t]gri͟ːf[/t]] griefs 1) N VAR Grief is a feeling of extreme sadness. ...a huge outpouring of national grief for the victims of the shootings... Their grief soon gave way to anger. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If something comes to grief, it fails. If… …
19grief — 01. War causes a lot of [grief] to the families of victims. 02. The entire nation is [grieving] the death of their President. 03. He was [grievously] injured in the battle, and later died in hospital. 04. The woman was overcome with [grief] at… …
20grief — noun 1 (U) extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died (+ over/at): The grief she felt over Helen s death was almost unbearable. 2 (C) something that makes you feel extremely sad: It was a grief to him that he had never had any… …
