grief (redirected from coming to grief)

grief  (grf)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from grever, to harm, aggrieve; see grieve.]

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grief [griːf]

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

come to grief Informal to end unsuccessfully or disastrously

[from Anglo-French gref, from grever to grieve¹]

griefless  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grief - intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) brokenheartedness, heartache, heartbreak sorrow - an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement; "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss" dolor, dolour - (poetry) painful grief
	2.	grief - something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John" sorrow negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequences

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grief

noun sadness, suffering, pain, regret, distress, misery, agony, mourning, sorrow, woe, anguish, remorse, bereavement, heartache, heartbreak, mournfulness Their grief soon gave way to anger.
sadness delight, comfort, joy, cheer, happiness, consolation, rejoicing, solace, gladness

come to grief (Informal) fail, founder, break down, come unstuck, miscarry, fall flat on your face, meet with disaster So many marriages have come to grief over lack of money.

Quotations
"Grief is a species of idleness" [Dr. Johnson letter to Mrs Thrale]

Translations

grief [griːf] N

1. (= sorrow) → pena f, dolor m
to come to grief → fracasar, ir al traste

2. (= cause of sorrow) → tristeza f

3. (Brit) (= trouble) to give sb grief → dar problemas a algn, dar la vara a algn

4. (as exclamation) good grief! → ¡demonio!

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grief [ˈgriːf] n

(= sorrow) → chagrin m, douleur f
good grief! → mon Dieu!, grands dieux!

to come to grief [plan] → échouer
grief-stricken [ˈgriːfstrɪkən] adj → effondré(e), accablé(e) de chagrin

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grief

n → Leid nt, → Kummer m, → Gram m (geh); (because of loss) → große Trauer, Schmerz m, → Gram m (geh); to cause grief to somebody → jdn zutiefst betrüben; (death, loss also) → jdm großen Schmerz bereiten; (failure, sb’s behaviour also) → jdm großen Kummer bereiten; to come to grief → Schaden erleiden; (= be hurt, damaged) → zu Schaden kommen; (= fail) → scheitern

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grief [griːf] n (sorrow) → dolore m; (cause of sorrow) → dolore, pena
to come to grief (plan) → naufragare (person) → finire male
good grief! (fam) → mio Dio!

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grief [griːf] n (sorrow) → dolore m; (cause of sorrow) → dolore, pena
to come to grief (plan) → naufragare (person) → finire male
good grief! (fam) → mio Dio!

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grief

n grief [griːf]

great sorrow or unhappiness She was filled with grief at the news of her sister's death. droefheid, verdriet كآبَه، حُزْن، غَم печал smutek, žal sorg der Gram θλίψη, ψυχική οδύνη dolor, pesar, aflicción mure غصه؛ اندوه murhe chagrin צַעַר, אֵבֶל दु:ख žalost szomorúság kesedihan sorg, harmur dolore 深い悲しみ 슬픔 liūdesys, sielvartas bēdas; skumjas; nelaime kesedihan verdriet sorg, harme smutek desgosto tristeţe; supărare горе;скорбь smútok, zármutok, žiaľ žalost tuga sorg, bedrövelse ความเศร้าโศก büyük acı, ıstırap 悲傷 горе حد درجے غم nỗi sầu khổ 悲伤

adj grief-stricken

overcome by very great grief the grief-stricken widow. verslae bedroef مَفْجوع، مُصاب بالحُزن الشَّديد опечален sklíčený zármutkem lammet af sorg gramgebeugt θλιμμένος apesadumbrado murest murtud غمزده murheen murtama affligé עָצוּב, מְדוּכָּא दु:खी ožalošćen bánatos sedih sekali sorgmæddur, harmi lostinn addolorato, afflitto 悲嘆にくれた 슬픔에 젖은 apimtas sielvarto nelaimes/bēdu piemeklēts yang amat bersedih bevangen door groot verdriet knust av sorg zrozpaczony acabrunhado sfâşiat de durere убитый горем premohnutý smútkom užaloščen ophrvan tugom drabbad av sorg หดหู่ใจ üzgün, kederli 悲痛萬分的 убитий горем بہت گہرے غم سے دو چار ہونا đau khổ 极为悲痛的

come to grief

to meet disaster; to fail The project came to grief. misluk, 'n ongeluk kry يُصاب بِكارِثَه пострадвам ztroskotat gå galt fehlschlagen αποτυγχάνω οικτρά sufrir un percance; fracasar, fallar läbi kukkuma ناموفق شدن؛ بدبخت شدن epäonnistua tourner mal לְהִיכָּשֵל, לְהִיפָּגַע विपत्ति में पड़ना propasti, ne uspjeti bajba kerül gagal lenda í vandræðum fallire 失敗する 곤경에 빠지다 pakliūti į bėdą, žlugti nokļūt nelaimē; piedzīvot neveiksmi gagal verongelukken; mislukken ende sørgelig, mislykkes skończyć się niepowodzeniem falhar a sfârşi prost плохо кончиться skončiť neúspešne, zle dopadnúť propasti nastradati råka illa ut, gå i stöpet พบกับหายนะ felâkete uğramak, belâsını bulmak 遭遇災難，失敗 зазнати невдачі ناکامیاب ہونا gặp tai hoạ 失败

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grief → أسى zármutek sorg Kummer θλίψη duelo suru peine žalost dolore 深い悲しみ 슬픔 verdriet sorg smutek pesar горе sorg ความเศร้าโศก keder sự đau buồn 悲痛