Results for grief

Definitions of grief:

part of speech: noun

Heaviness of heart: sorrow: regret: mourning: cause of sorrow: affliction: ( B.) bodily as well as mental pain.

part of speech: noun

Pain of mind on account of any trouble, past or present, or of fault committed; sorrow; that which afflicts.

part of speech: noun

Sorrow on account of present or past trouble; that which causes sorrow or sadness; affliction.

Usage examples for grief:

• This grief he could not understand. "The Puppet Crown", Harold MacGrath

• Ah, if she had but died there, died while she was all unconscious, before this cruel grief and disappointment had come upon her! "My Little Lady", Eleanor Frances Poynter

• It might bring both you and me to great grief "The Blue Fairy Book", Various

• " On the day I heard of poor Archie's death I had gone out for a walk possessed by a great longing to be alone in my grief "The Hunt Ball Mystery", Magnay, William