grief (noun)
1grief — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, great, inconsolable, intense, overwhelming, real ▪ personal, private ▪ I felt awkward at intrud …
2grief — ► NOUN 1) intense sorrow, especially caused by someone s death. 2) informal trouble or annoyance. ● come to grief Cf. ↑come to grief ● good grief! Cf. ↑good grief! …
3grief — 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… …
4grief — [ grif ] noun uncount ** a strong feeling of sadness, usually because someone has died: An extraordinary outpouring of grief followed the death of the princess. grief at/over: the family s grief at the loss of their child come to grief 1. ) to be …
5grief — noun Etymology: Middle English gref, from Anglo French gref, grief injustice, calamity, from gref, adjective heavy, grievous, from Vulgar Latin *grevis, alteration of Latin gravis Date: 15th century 1. obsolete grievance 3 2. a. deep and poignant …
6grief — noun 1》 intense sorrow, especially caused by someone s death. ↘an instance or cause of intense sorrow. 2》 informal trouble or annoyance. Phrases come to grief have an accident; meet with disaster. good grief! an exclamation of surprise or… …
7grief — noun 1) he was overcome with grief Syn: sorrow, misery, sadness, anguish, pain, distress, heartache, heartbreak, agony, torment, affliction, suffering, woe, desolation, dejection, despair; mourning …
8grief — 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,… …
9grief — Noun. Trouble, hassle. E.g. Listen, it s over! I ve said sorry, so please stop giving me grief! …
10noun and verb differences — The following table lists differences of stress, pronunciation, and spelling when the same word is used as a noun and a verb, for example compound, escort, practice/practise, record, and use. Differences are marked by the letters s (= difference… …
