GRIEF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that causes great unhappiness

Example:

her death was a great grief to John

Synonyms:

grief; sorrow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("grief" is a kind of...):

negative stimulus (a stimulus with undesirable consequences)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

brokenheartedness; grief; heartache; heartbreak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("grief" is a kind of...):

sorrow (an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grief"):

dolor; dolour ((poetry) painful grief)

Credits

Context examples:

A state of sadness, grief, and mourning after the loss of a loved one.

(Bereavement, NCI Dictionary)

A disorder characterized by melancholic feelings of grief or unhappiness.

(Depression, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Counseling may help you cope with your grief.

(Miscarriage, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Grief therapy may be individual or group therapy.

(Grief therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Physical problems, such as not being able to sleep and changes in appetite, may also be part of grief.

(Grief, NCI Dictionary)

But when the helpful voice was silent, the daily lesson over, the beloved presence gone, and nothing remained but loneliness and grief, then Jo found her promise very hard to keep.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"No, no, no," cried Marianne wildly, "he loves you, and only you. You CAN have no grief."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

It was Miss Taylor's loss which first brought grief.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I experienced a shock of horror, then a strong thrill of grief, then a desire—a necessity to see her; and I asked in what room she lay.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Their affectionate mother shared all their grief; she remembered what she had herself endured on a similar occasion, five-and-twenty years ago.