grief
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English greef, gref, borrowed from Old French grief (“grave, heavy, grievous, sad”), from Latin gravis (“heavy, grievous, sad”). Doublet of grave.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
grief (countable and uncountable, plural griefs)
- Suffering, hardship. [from early 13th c.]
- Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]
- She was worn out from so much grief.
- The betrayal caused Jeff grief.
- 1576, George Whetstone, “The Ortchard of Repentance: […]”, in The Rocke of Regard, Diuided into Foure Parts. [...], Imprinted at London: [By H. Middleton] for Robert Waley, OCLC 837515946; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of Regard, Diuided into Foure Parts. [...] (Illustrations of Early English Poetry; vol. 2, no. 2), London: Privately printed, [1867?], OCLC 706027473, page 291:
- And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]
- (countable) Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Isaiah 53:4:
- Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
sadness
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VerbEdit
grief (third-person singular simple present griefs, present participle griefing, simple past and past participle griefed)
- (online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game. [from late 20th Century]
Usage notesEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- grief in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- grief in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- grief at OneLook Dictionary Search
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
grief f (plural grieven, diminutive griefje n)
- (chiefly in the plural) grievance, axe to grind, bone to pick
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French grief, from Vulgar Latin grevis (influenced by its antonym, levis), from Latin gravis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us. Doublet of grave.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
grief (feminine singular griève, masculine plural griefs, feminine plural grièves)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
grief m (plural griefs)
Further readingEdit
- “grief” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
LadinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *grevis, from Latin gravis.
AdjectiveEdit
grief m (feminine singular grieva, masculine plural griefs, feminine plural grieves)
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- gref (typically Anglo-Norman)
EtymologyEdit
Probably from the verb grever, or from Vulgar Latin grevis (influenced by its antonym, levis), from Latin gravis.
NounEdit
grief m (oblique plural griés, nominative singular griés, nominative plural grief)
AdjectiveEdit
grief m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grieve)
- sad
- late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 386 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, →ISBN, line 552:
- Mult ai le quer gref e marri.
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