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Definition of Grief
1. Noun. Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death).
Generic synonyms: Sorrow
Specialized synonyms: Dolor, Dolour
Derivative terms: Brokenhearted
2. Noun. Something that causes great unhappiness. "Her death was a great grief to John"
Definition of Grief
1. n. Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
Definition of Grief
1. Noun. Suffering, hardship. (defdate from early 13th c.) ¹
2. Noun. Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. (defdate from early 14th c.) ¹
3. Noun. Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial. ¹
4. Verb. (context: online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; ''especially'', to do this as one’s primary activity in the game. (defdate from late 20th Century) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grief
1. intense mental distress [n -S]
Medical Definition of Grief
1. Sadness associated with loss. (16 Dec 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grief
Literary usage of Grief
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Treasury by Francis Turner Palgrave (1902)
"Deep-hearted man, express grief for thy Dead in silence like to death ; Most like
a monumental ... EB Browning CLIII THE BROKEN HEART News o' grief had ..."
2. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1913)
"General effect of grief on the system—Obliquity of the eyebrows under suffering—On
the cause of the obliquity of the eyebrows—On the depression of the ..."
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