grief /grēf/

1. Sorrow
2. Distress
3. Great mourning
4. Affliction
5. A cause of sorrow
6. Trouble, bother (slang)
7. Bodily pain (Shakespeare)

griefˈful adjective

Full of grief

griefˈless adjective

griefˈ-shot adjective (Shakespeare)

Pierced with grief

• keep one's countenance
• keep one's distance
• keep one's ear to the ground
• keep oneself to oneself
• keep one's end up
• keep one's eye in
• keep one's eye on
• keep one's eyes peeled
• keep one's eyes skinned
• keep one's finger on the pulse
• keep one's fingers crossed
• keep one's hair on
• keep one's hand in
• keep one's head
• keep one's head above water
• keep one's head down
• keep one's mind on
• keep one's mouth shut
• keep one's nose clean
• keep one's options open
• keep one's powder dry
• keep one's shirt on
• keep one's thumb on
• keep one's weather eye open
• keep one's wits about one