grief
Suffering, hardship.
Example
“The neighbour's teenagers give me grief every time they see me.”
Other meanings
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
“She was worn out from so much grief.”
A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.
Related words
- climate grief
- grief tech
- grief technology
- come to grief
- eco-grief
- give someone grief
- good grief
- grief counselor
- griefful
- grief knot
- griefless
- grieflike
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "gravis" (heavy, grievous, sad).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “grief” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.