Grief

Word GRIEF
Character 5
Hyphenation grief
Pronunciations /ɡɹiːf/

Definitions and meanings of "Grief"

What do we mean by grief?

Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement, or an instance of this. synonym: regret. noun

A source or cause of deep mental anguish. noun

Annoyance or frustration, or an instance of this. noun

Trouble or difficulty, or an instance of this. noun

Criticism or rude talk. noun

A grievance. noun

Regretful or remorseful sorrow; mental distress or misery caused by something done or suffered by one's self or others; affliction; woe. noun

Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; grievance. noun

Bodily pain; physical suffering. noun

Synonyms Sorrow, Wretchedness, etc. (see affliction); bitterness, heartache, anguish, agony, woe. noun

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. noun

Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance. noun

Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady. noun

To meet with calamity, accident, defeat, ruin, etc., causing grief; to turn out badly. noun

Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial. noun

Something that causes great unhappiness noun

Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) noun

Suffering, hardship.

Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.

Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Grief

The word "grief" in example sentences

III. ii.43 (306, 6) [For life I prize it As I weigh grief which I would spare] _Life_ is to me now only _grief, _ and as such only is considered by me, I would therefore willingly dismiss it. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

Only pray let her give way to her grief; much crying, even if it makes her cough for the moment, can do her no real harm, but stifling and swallowing _grief_ (which she ❋ Queen Of Great Britain Victoria (1860)

She bucks two trends that have come to annoy me in current fiction -- jumping around with the timeline to seem arty while really just making the reader struggle to keep things straight and what I dubbed "grief porn" in an essay last summer -- the kind of emotional manipulation that employs tragedy to keep women readers in particular sucked in. ❋ Nancy Doyle Palmer (2011)

Your grief is your business; you deal with it how you need to. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If your not from New York your grief is almost dismissed as being lesser in intensity. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Immediately we send what we call grief counselors to the schools to help the friends and neighbors of the children. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Those who make a living convincing audiences that they speak to the dead are examples of what I call grief trade workers. ❋ James Randi (2006)

And then there's losing a child, which, by all accounts, is so horrendous that what we know as grief barely applies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The people we've got to be really mindful of are Father Cheney and his parishioners because they're what I call grief-stricken you know, they have worked for years and years and years for this project to happen and we were on the cusp as they say for it to happen," said Bishop Boland. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A couple of the commentator’s have said that wallowing in grief is bad and that tough love is a good thing – well you’re not wallowing in grief, far from it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I simply couldn't keep away ... here are two Psalms one absolutely must read if they're at the end of their tether (there are countless similar, but these will make an excellent start even if you've never picked up a bible in your life or not for many years) - Psalm 13 paints us a picture of david at one of the many low points in his life. though he starts off virtually demanding god show His face and not turn from him, despite his woes, even though his grief is almost crippling, he nonetheless comes around to praising his Creator. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I think the only way to handle grief is to flail around. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lewis came into his time of grief from a very different position from you – not only was he sure of his faith but he had built an entire career on being sure of his faith. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Whether or not we would have taken the same route in our grief is irrelevant. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Public awareness of grief, and understanding of how to support those in grief, can certainly be found in many religions traditions. ❋ Grove Harris (2010)

Good grief, is it such a hassle to talk to someone? qwijybo ❋ Unknown (2009)

But it seems important to point out that grief is messy, and different for each person. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I've made my expression of grief here—and have, at least for a minute, peace. ❋ Nat Hentoff (2011)

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