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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

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Grief 

See Also: SADNESS

1. The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow —Edgar Allen Poe
2. Grief as constant as a cloud of black flies —James Crumley
3. Grief deep as life or thought —Alfred, Lord Tennyson
4. Grief floats off, spreading out thin like oil —Elizabeth Bishop
5. Grief had flown away like a sparrow —Jean Stafford
6. Grief holds him like a corset —Anon
7. Grief is like a mine shaft, narrow and deep —Kenzaburo Oë
8. Grief is to man as certain as the grave —George Crabbe
9. Griefless as a rich man’s funeral —Sidney Dobell
10. Grief … like a mallard with clipped wings circles me summer and winter, settled for life in my lie’s reedy lake —Denise Levertov The simile comes from the closing lines of Levertov’s poem, Visitant.
11. Grief rolled across the space between us like a wash of salt water —Sue Grafton
12. Grief sat on his chest like a dragon —Norman Garbo
13. Griefs … pain me like a lingering disease —John Milton
14. I felt as if my chest were banded, like a barrel, with iron straps of sorrow —John Hersey
15. Man sheds his grief as his skin sheds rain —Ralph Waldo Emerson
16. Mourning had lain thick in the room, like dust —Belva Plain
17. Mourn sore like doves —The Holy Bible/Isaiah
18. The news of his death [Byron’s] came down upon my heart like a mass of lead —Thomas Carlyle
19. Our sorrows are like thunder clouds, which seem black in the distance, but grow lighter as they approach —Jean Paul Richter
20. Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy —Leo Tolstoy
21. She had borne about with her for years like an arrow sticking in her heart the grief, the anguish —Virginia Woolf
22. She wore her grief like a string of pearls —Anon
23. Sorrow as true as bread —E. E. Cummings
24. Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away —Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, August 28, 1750
25. Sorrows are like tall angels with star-crowns in their hair —Margery Eldredge Howell
26. Sorrows blurred around their edges, like a careless woman’s lipstick —Jean Thompson
27. Sorrows, like rain, makes roses and mud —Austin O’Malley
28. Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts —Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
29. The stains of her grief became her as raindrops to the beaten rose —Edith Wharton
30. There are peaks of anguish in life which establish themselves as peerless, like sharp ridges above a range —Davis Grubb
31. Woman’s grief is like a summer storm, short as it is violent —Joanna Bailie

    See Also: MEN AND WOMEN

32. Wore his broken heart like a mourning band —Lael Tucker Wertenbaker

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

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