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    [Noun]  | "grief" | \ ˈgrēf \


    1: deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement

    2: a cause of such suffering

    3: trouble, annoyance

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English gref, grefe, greef, grief "hardship, distress, hurt, anger, sorrow," borrowed from Anglo-French gref "burden, molestation, wrong, hurt, hardship, calamity" (continental Old French grief), noun derivative of gref "heavy, burdensome, harsh, grievous," going back to Vulgar Latin *grevis, alteration (by association with its antonym levis "light in weight") of Latin gravis "heavy, oppressive, serious" {mat|grave:2|};

      * Note : The Anglo-French/Old French noun could alternatively be a derivative of the verb grever—see: {grieve|grieve}.;

    [Adjective]  | "grief-stricken" 


    1: very sad : deeply affected by grief

    [Phrase]  | "come to grief" 


    1: to encounter misfortune (such as calamity, defeat, or ruin)

    [Idiom]  | "good grief" 


    1: —used to express surprise or annoyance

    [Noun]  | "grief" 


    1: deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved;


      * e.g., " ... even the gruff grandfather felt a heartbreaking grief when the family dog died "




    2: the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts;


      * e.g., " ... there seemed to be no end to the grief that the school bullies were giving to the young boy "



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    [Phrase]  | "come to grief" 


    1: to be unsuccessful;


      * e.g., " ... His plans came to grief after a series of unforeseen setbacks. "




    2: to go wrong;


      * e.g., " ... The expedition came to grief in the vast frozen expanse. "



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    [Phrase]  | "came to grief" 


    1: to be unsuccessful;


      * e.g., " ... His plans came to grief after a series of unforeseen setbacks. "




    2: to go wrong;


      * e.g., " ... The expedition came to grief in the vast frozen expanse. "



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    [Phrase]  | "comes to grief" 


    1: to be unsuccessful;


      * e.g., " ... His plans came to grief after a series of unforeseen setbacks. "




    2: to go wrong;


      * e.g., " ... The expedition came to grief in the vast frozen expanse. "



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    [Phrase]  | "coming to grief" 


    1: to be unsuccessful;


      * e.g., " ... His plans came to grief after a series of unforeseen setbacks. "




    2: to go wrong;


      * e.g., " ... The expedition came to grief in the vast frozen expanse. "



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     [ "grief" ]

    1: when you feel so helpless and stupid that you think nothing will ever be right again, and your macaroni and cheese tastes like sawdust, and you can't even jerk off because it seems like too much trouble.

      * e.g.,  ... Good grief... 

     [ "grief" ]

    1: the worst ever.

      * e.g.,  ... good grief, when my mom died it was the worst ever. 

     [ "grief" ]

    1: An emotion of sadness or anger generally associated with a loss.

      * e.g.,  ... The boy felt much grief due to the loss of his mother 

     [ "grief" ]

    1: An emotion of extreme anguish, generally in association with a major loss.

      * e.g.,  ... The death of his mother caused the young boy much grief. 

     [ "grief" ]

    1: The emotion a person experiences upon losing their last peanut.

      * e.g.,  ... *drops peanut* 

     [ "grief" ]

    1: It is Nature's Most powerful Aphrodisiac.

      * e.g.,  ... Will Farrell says this about grief, in Wedding Crashers. 

     [ "griefed" ]

    1: (in video games) action of having destroyed, constructed, etc., for the purpose of irritating someone or making someone angry

      * e.g.,  ... OMG!! He griefed my ENTIRE minecraft world 

     [ "griefing" ]

    1:  Purposefully shooting or otherwise sabotaging your teammates in an online game.

      * e.g.,  ... I wish Jork would stop friggen griefing my guild mates everytime we log in and play. 

     [ "griefing" ]

    2:  In online gaming where one repeatedly killing the same individual or individuals over and over again, or camping their corpse to prevent them from retrieving it, or otherwise performing actions in a game to prevent the player from enjoying the game.

     [ "griefing" ]

    3:  In online gaming, someone who takes pleasure in creating grief for an opponent via various "cheap" tactics.

     [ "Grief" ]

    1:  A profound mental anguish that one feels when one loses a loved one. Often accompanied with feelings of sorrow, regret, anger, guilt, and feeling very lonely.

      * e.g.,  ... "Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates." 

     [ "Grief" ]

    2:  An annoyance, frustration or difficulty.

      * e.g.,  ...  In his state of grief over losing the love of his life, Hank turned to liquor to ease his sorrows. 

     [ "Grief" ]

    1: to trouble, cause problems, or otherwise harass.

      * e.g.,  ... Yo! Quit giving me grief. 

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