Meaning of grief | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Suffering, hardship.
   countable, uncountable
2. pain, ache, aching soreness, tenderness (physical)
3. Mental anguish or pain caused by loss or despair:heartache, heartbreak, sorrow.
4. Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
   countable, uncountable
5. great sorrow or unhappiness. She was filled with grief at the news of her sister's death. droefheid, verdriet كآبَه، حُزْن، غَم печал desgosto smutek, žal der Gram sorg θλίψη, ψυχική οδύνη dolor, pesar, aflicción mure غصه؛ اندوه murhe chagrinצער, אבל दु:ख žalost szomorúság kesedihan sorg, harmur dolore 深い悲しみ 슬픔 liūdesys, sielvartas bēdas; skumjas; nelaime kesedihan verdrietsorg, harmesmutek غم، خواشینی desgosto tristeţe; supărare горе; скорбь smútok, zármutok, žiaľ žalost tuga sorg, bedrövels...
6. A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.
   countable
7. sorrow, hurt, pain, suffering (emotional, mental)
8. overcome by very great grief. the grief-stricken widow. verslae bedroef مَفْجوع، مُصاب بالحُزن الشَّديد опечален pesaroso sklíčený zármutkem gramgebeugt lammet af sorg θλιμμένοςapesadumbrado murest murtud غمزده murheen murtama affligéעצוב, מדוכא दु:खी ožalošćen bánatos sedih sekali sorgmæddur, harmi lostinn addolorato, afflitto 悲嘆にくれた 슬픔에 젖은 apimtas sielvarto nelaimes/bēdu piemeklēts yang amat bersedih bevangen door groot verdriet knust av sorg zrozpaczony غمجن acabrunhado sfâşiat de durere у...
9. sore (in certain expressions)
10. to meet disaster; to fail. The project came to grief. misluk, 'n ongeluk kry يُصاب بِكارِثَه пострадвам falhar ztroskotat fehlschlagen gå galt αποτυγχάνω οικτρά sufrir un percance; fracasar, fallar läbi kukkuma ناموفق شدن؛ بدبخت شدن epäonnistua tourner mal לְהִיכָּשֵל, לְהִיפָּגַע विपत्ति में पड़ना propasti, ne uspjeti bajba kerül gagal lenda í vandræðum fallire 失敗する 곤경에 빠지다 pakliūti į bėdą, žlugti nokļūt nelaimē; piedzīvot neveiksmi gagal verongelukken; mislukkenende sørgelig, mislykkes skoń...
11. heartache
12. pesar, aflicción;___ reaction → reacciόn de aflicción.
13. Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement, or an instance of this. See Synonyms at regret.
14. Annoyance or frustration, or an instance of this: Trying to follow their directions was nothing but grief.
15. Archaic A grievance.
    Archaic
16. deep or intense sorrow or distress, esp at the death of someone
17. something that causes keen distress or suffering

Equivalents

Examples

“The neighbour's teenagers give me grief every time they see me.”

“She was worn out from so much grief.”

“The betrayal caused Jeff grief.”

“And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]”

“Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.”

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