grief

Definitions


[ɡriːf], (Noun)

Definitions:
- intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death
(e.g: she was overcome with grief)

- trouble or annoyance
(e.g: we were too tired to cause any grief)


Phrases:
- come to grief
- give someone grief
- good grief!

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French grief, from grever ‘to burden’ (see grieve)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries