GRIEF


Meaning of GRIEF in English

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) ]

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