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

  • (..) to deny the return of the king, steward. The rule of Gondor is mine and no other's. Come. All has turned to vain ambition. He would even use his grief as a cloak. A thousand years this city has stood. Now, at the whim of a madman, it will fall. (..)
    2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King