grief

Definition

  • noun: deep sadness caused especially by someone's death
  • noun: deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement
  • used chiefly in the phrase 'come to grief'
  • synonyms: grievance, sorrow, sadness

Examples

  • Their plans for opening a restaurant 'came to grief' when they failed to get a loan.

  • He has been unable to recover from his 'grief' at/over his son's death.

  • “He's burned the toast.” “'Good grief'! Can't he do anything right?”

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) my mother raised. It took me four years, seven months and three days to do it. Without her. After I lost myself in the wilderness of my grief, I found my way out of the woods. And I didn't even know where I was going until I got there on the last day of my hike. Thank you, I thought (..)
    2014 Wild