grief

[ greef ]
/ grif /

noun

keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
a cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow.

Idioms for grief

    come to grief, to suffer disappointment, misfortune, or other trouble; fail: Their marriage came to grief after only two years.
    good grief, (used as an exclamation of dismay, surprise, or relief): Good grief, it's started to rain again!

Origin of grief

1175–1225; Middle English gref, grief < Anglo-French gref; see grieve

SYNONYMS FOR grief

1 anguish, heartache, woe, misery; sadness, melancholy, moroseness. See sorrow.

ANTONYMS FOR grief

1 joy.

OTHER WORDS FROM grief

grief·less, adjective grief·less·ness, noun

Words nearby grief

gride, gridiron, gridiron pendulum, gridiron-tailed lizard, gridlock, grief, grief-stricken, griefer, griefo, grieg, griege

British Dictionary definitions for come to grief

grief
/ (ɡriːf) /

noun

deep or intense sorrow or distress, esp at the death of someone
something that causes keen distress or suffering
informal trouble or annoyance people were giving me grief for leaving ten minutes early
come to grief informal to end unsuccessfully or disastrously
tune someone grief See tune (def. 17)

Derived forms of grief

griefless, adjective

Word Origin for grief

C13: from Anglo-French gref, from grever to grieve 1

Medical definitions for come to grief

grief
[ grēf ]

n.

Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement.

Idioms and Phrases with come to grief (1 of 2)

come to grief

Meet with disaster or failure. For example, The icy runway caused at least one light plane to come to grief. [Mid-1800s]

Idioms and Phrases with come to grief (2 of 2)

grief

see come to grief; good grief.