grief
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
griefs
plural
griefs
Britannica Dictionary definition of GRIEF
1
a
[noncount]
:
deep sadness caused especially by someone's death
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He has been unable to recover from his grief at/over his son's death.
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She was overcome with/by grief.
b
[count]
:
a cause of deep sadness
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the joys and griefs of our lives
2
[noncount]
informal
a
:
trouble or annoyance
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I've had enough grief for one day.
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Trying to fix the computer isn't worth the grief.
b
:
annoying or playful criticism
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He's taken/gotten/had a lot of grief from his friends.
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His friends have been giving him a lot of grief.
come to grief
:
to experience failure, disaster, etc.
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The boat came to grief on the rocks.
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Their plans for opening a restaurant came to grief when they failed to get a loan.
good grief
informal
— used to express surprise or annoyance
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“He's burned the toast.” “Good grief! Can't he do anything right?”
