grief

grief: n

1. anguish, misery, Archaic. bale, dolor, Archaic. dole; sorrow, sadness, woe, ruth, heartache, heartbreak, broken heart; ache, hurt, pain, suffering, Archaic. teen; torture, torment, agony; lamentation, bereavement, mourning; wretchedness, heaviness of heart, desolation, despondency, dejection, despair, slough of despond, moroseness, melancholy.

2. regret, rue, remorse, repentance, contrition, penitence, compunction.

3. distress, affliction, grievance, trouble, worry, vexation, Inf. worriment; plight, strait, predicament, sea of troubles, difficulty, rub; burden, load, albatross, cross, onus, crown of thorns, bitter pill, millstone around one's neck; trial, travail, tribulation, curse, ordeal, infliction.

4. misfortune, adversity, loss, mischance, mishap, casualty, accident; reverse, hard luck, ill luck, bad luck, bad fortune, ill fortune, hard times, evil days; hardship, privation, austerity, pinch, extremity; disaster, calamity, catastrophe, evil; trauma, blow, shock.

5. come to grief

fail, miscarry, Inf. come a cropper, Inf. come to no good, go to wrack and ruin.

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grief — grief … Dictionnaire des rimes
grief — [ grijɛf ] n. m. • 1269; de grever 1 ♦ Vx Dommage que l on subit. Mod. Dr. Griefs d appel : ce en quoi le demandeur se trouve lésé par un jugement dont il appelle. 2 ♦ (Plur. ou loc.) Sujet, motif de plainte (généralement contre une personne). ⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Grief — (gr[=e]f), n. [OE. grief, gref, OF. grief, gref, F. grief, L. gravis heavy; akin to Gr. bary s, Skr. guru, Goth. ka[ u]rus. Cf. {Barometer}, {Grave}, a., {Grieve}, {Gooroo.}] 1. Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grief — grief, ève 1. (gri èf, è v . Prononcez grié, dit au XVIe siècle PALSGRAVE, p. 62) adj. 1° Qui pèse sur la personne comme un poids qui l accable. • Il défendit sous de grièves peines d appeler Catherine reine d Angleterre, MAUCROIX Schisme, l … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
grief — [gri:f] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: gref, from Latin gravis; GRAVE1] 1.) [U] extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died grief over/at ▪ The grief she felt over Helen s death was almost unbearable. with grief ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Grief — Жанры Сладж, Дум метал Годы 1991 2001, 2005 2006, 2008 2009 … Википедия
grief — [ 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 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
grief — grief·ful; grief·less; grief; grief·ful·ly; grief·less·ness; … English syllables
grief — ► 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! … English terms dictionary
grief — [grēf] n. [ME gref < OFr, sorrow, grief < grever: see GRIEVE] 1. intense emotional suffering caused by loss, disaster, misfortune, etc.; acute sorrow; deep sadness 2. a cause or the subject of such suffering 3. Informal a) irritation or… … English World dictionary
grief — 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… … Etymology dictionary

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