n. 1 deep or intense sorrow or mourning. 2 the cause of this. come to grief meet with disaster; fail. good (or great) grief! an exclamation of surprise, alarm, etc.
[ ME f. AF gref, OF grief f. grever GRIEVE(1) ]
n. 1 deep or intense sorrow or mourning. 2 the cause of this. come to grief meet with disaster; fail. good (or great) grief! an exclamation of surprise, alarm, etc.
[ ME f. AF gref, OF grief f. grever GRIEVE(1) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012