GRIEF


Meaning of GRIEF in English

n.1 deep or intense sorrow or mourning.

2 the cause of this.

Phrases and idioms:

come to grief meet with disaster; fail. good (or great) grief! an exclamation of surprise, alarm, etc.

Etymology: ME f. AF gref, OF grief f. grever GRIEVE(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.