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grief

/ɡɹiːf/noun1 syllable

Grief means: intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death).

Synonyms for grief19

noun, as in intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartedness

noun, as in something that causes great unhappiness

sorrow

also used for grief

difficulty, trouble, anguish, rend, distress, hardship, pain, smart, dejection, misery, blueness, tristesse, mirthless, blues, crestfallenness

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What does grief mean?2

noun

1

intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

2

something that causes great unhappiness“her death was a great grief to John”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with grief?11

two syllables

reliefbeliefmotifsharif

three syllables

disbelief
Show 40 near rhymes
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Grief in a sentence

  • At the funeral, the widow was overwrought with grief.mccarras
  • After the death of his wife, he fell into a deep grief.AlanF_US
  • Eat bread, drink water, you shall leave without grief.mervert1
  • If you wish me to weep, you yourself must first feel grief.mhenderson5
  • In sweet music is such art, killing care and grief of heart.Hybrid
  • When his wife heard of his violent death, she was beside herself with grief.CM
  • Boys who do not listen to their elders always come to grief.Hybrid
  • The orphan wept with grief over his misfortune.orcrist

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Forms of grief

as a noun

plural
griefs