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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024grief /grif/USA pronunciation n. - Psychology[uncountable] great mental suffering or distress over a loss or disappointment;
sharp sorrow;
painful regret. - a cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow:[countable* usually singular]His leaving was a great grief to her.
- [Informal.]trouble;
difficulty;
annoyance:[uncountable]Don't let him give you any grief.
Idioms- Idioms come to grief, to suffer misfortune:All his great ideas came to grief.
- Idioms good grief, This phrase is used to express mild dismay or surprise:Good grief, it's started to rain again!
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024grief (grēf ),USA pronunciation n. - keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss;
sharp sorrow;
painful regret. - a cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow.
- 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!
- Anglo-French gref; see grieve
- Middle English gref, grief 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged anguish, heartache, woe, misery; sadness, melancholy, moroseness. See sorrow.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged joy.
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