Definitions for grief
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Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. grief, heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartedness(noun)

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

2. grief, sorrow(noun)

   something that causes great unhappiness

   "her death was a great grief to John"

Wiktionary(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. grief(Noun)

   Suffering, hardship.

2. grief(Noun)

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

3. grief(Noun)

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

   Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. -Isaiah 53:4

4. grief(Verb)

   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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Grief(adj)

   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

2. Grief(adj)

   cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance

3. Grief(adj)

   physical pain, or a cause of it; malady

Freebase(3.40 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Grief

   Grief is a multi-faceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something to which a bond was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, and philosophical dimensions. While the terms are often used interchangeably, bereavement refers to the state of loss, and grief is the reaction to loss. Grief is a natural response to loss. It is the emotional suffering one feels when something or someone the individual loves is taken away. Grief is also a reaction to any loss. The grief associated with death is familiar to most people, but individuals grieve in connection with a variety of losses throughout their lives, such as unemployment, ill health or the end of a relationship. Loss can be categorised as either physical or abstract, the physical loss being related to something that the individual can touch or measure, such as losing a spouse through death, while other types of loss are abstract, and relate to aspects of a person’s social interactions.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Grief

   grēf, n. heaviness of heart: sorrow: regret: mourning: cause of sorrow: affliction: (B.) bodily as well as mental pain.—adjs. Grief′ful (Spens.), full of grief; Grief′less, sorrowless; Grief′shot (Shak.), pierced with grief. [Fr.,—L. gravis, heavy.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. grief

   1. The telescope of the emotions that unfolds to your eye the meaning of all worlds. 2. The overtones in all joy. 3. The pleasure that lasts the longest. 4. The tears of Memory. 5. The vice of weakness and the virtue of strength.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Grief

   Normal, appropriate sorrowful response to an immediate cause. It is self-limiting and gradually subsides within a reasonable time.

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'grief' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4444

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'grief' in Nouns Frequency: #2367

How to pronounce grief?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grief in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grief in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of grief in a Sentence

1. Imgard Schloegl:

   ...nobody has the right to manipulate anybody or to impress anybody with his stronger personality, not even for the other's imagined good, for nobody can know what that good is. This is courtesy rather than callousness, for the other's dignity is thus acknowledged, or the dignity of his grief is respected. If and when he is ready, the other will of himself reach out for consolation and feel free to ask for a hand to point out the way.

2. Mary Todd Lincoln:

   In grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.

3. Kedar Joshi:

   In the midst of excitement, grief, joy, and solitude, I remind myself every moment that the sole mission of my life is to find "the ultimate questioner" - that unimaginable who has put me in this madness to answer an unanswerable question.

4. Donald Trump:

   This attack shocked the conscience of our nation and filled our hearts with grief. Journalists, like all Americans, should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing their job.

5. Fox News:

   Williams wrote about current and past racial tensions in America reflected through Walter Williams teenage years in a housing project in Northern Philadelphia. News of Walter Williams death promptedwords of grief from several prominent Republicans. Walter Williams was legendary, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote. Walter Williams was brilliant, incisive, witty, and profound. I grew up reading Walter Williams, and Walter Williams was a ferocious defender of free markets and a powerful explainer of the virtues of Liberty.

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