griefnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɡriːf/us/ɡriːf/B2 very great sadness, especially at the death of someone:
Her grief at her son's death was terrible.
Newspapers should not intrude on people's private grief.
newspaper pictures of grief-stricken relatives
come to grief
to suddenly fail in what you are doing, often because you have an accident:
The Italian champion was in second position when he came to grief on the third lap.
give sb grief informal
to criticize someone angrily
get grief informal
to be criticized angrily:
He didn't like my decision, and I still get grief about it from him.
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- Huge crowds followed the funeral procession in a public demonstration of grief.
- She couldn't cope with the grief she felt inside.
- His death at the age of 35 has occasioned an outpouring of grief.
- My father is a stoic by nature and found it hard to express his grief when my mother died.
- The whole village was united in their grief.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remembering people who have died
- bereaved
- bereavement
- epitaph
- grieving
- in memory of sb idiom
- keen
- lament
- memorial
- Memorial Day
- memory
- mourn
- mournful
- obituary
- remembrance
- Remembrance Day
- requiem
- rest
- rest in peace idiom
- rip
- shrine
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Sadness and regret
Failing and doing badly
Chastising & rebuking
Disapproving & criticizing