grief

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English greef, gref, borrowed from Old French grief (“grave, heavy, grievous, sad”), from Latin gravis (“heavy, grievous, sad”). Doublet of grave.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹiːf/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːf

Noun

grief (countable and uncountable, plural griefs)

  1. Suffering, hardship. [from early 13th c.]
  2. Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]
    She was worn out from so much grief.
    The betrayal caused Jeff grief.
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  3. (countable) Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.

Derived terms

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Verb

grief (third-person singular simple present griefs, present participle griefing, simple past and past participle griefed)

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  1. (online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game. [from late 20th Century]

Usage notes

  • This verb is most commonly found in the gerund-participle griefing and the derived noun griefer.

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

grief f (plural grieven, diminutive griefje n)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) grievance, axe to grind, bone to pick

French

Etymology

From Old French grief, from Vulgar Latin grevis (influenced by its antonym, levis), from Latin gravis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us. Doublet of grave.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grief (feminine griève, masculine plural griefs, feminine plural grièves)

  1. (archaic, literary) grievous

Derived terms

Noun

grief m (plural griefs)

  1. complaint
  2. grief
  3. grievance (formal complaint filed with an authority)

Further reading

Anagrams

Ladin

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *grevis, from Latin gravis.

Adjective

grief m (feminine singular grieva, masculine plural griefs, feminine plural grieves)

  1. arduous
  2. difficult
  3. steep

Old French

Alternative forms

  • gref (typically Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Probably from the verb grever, or from Vulgar Latin grevis (influenced by its antonym, levis), from Latin gravis.

Noun

grief oblique singular, m (oblique plural griés, nominative singular griés, nominative plural grief)

  1. pain; anguish; suffering

Adjective

grief m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grieve)

  1. sad
    • late 12th century, anonymous author, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 386 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, →ISBN, line 552:
      Mult ai le quer gref e marri.

Descendants

  • English: grief
  • French: grief
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