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We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age.
Peter Akinola

Meaning of "grief" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRIEF

From Anglo-French gref, from grever to grieve1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GRIEF

grief  [ɡriːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRIEF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grief is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRIEF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

grief

Grief

Grief is a multifaceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something to which a bond was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, spiritual, and philosophical dimensions. While the terms are often used interchangeably, bereavement refers to the state of loss, and grief is the reaction to loss. Grief is a natural response to loss. It is the emotional suffering one feels when something or someone the individual loves is taken away. Grief is also a reaction to any loss. The grief associated with death is familiar to most people, but individuals grieve in connection with a variety of losses throughout their lives, such as unemployment, ill health or the end of a relationship. Loss can be categorized as either physical or abstract, the physical loss being related to something that the individual can touch or measure, such as losing a spouse through death, while other types of loss are abstract, and relate to aspects of a person’s social interactions.

Definition of grief in the English dictionary

The first definition of grief in the dictionary is deep or intense sorrow or distress, esp at the death of someone. Other definition of grief is something that causes keen distress or suffering. Grief is also trouble or annoyance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRIEF


brief
briːf
debrief
diːˈbriːf
kharif
kəˈriːf
Mazar-e-Sharif
ˈmæzaː iː ʒəˈriːf
Mazar-i-Sharif
ˈmæzaː iː ʒəˈriːf
overbrief
ˌəʊvəˈbriːf
reef
riːf
reif
riːf
repriefe
rɪˈpriːf
sharif
ʃæˈriːf
shereef
ʃeˈriːf
sherif
ʃɛˈriːf
stouthrief
ˈstuːθˌriːf
Tenerife
ˌtɛnəˈriːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRIEF

gridlock
gridlocked
grief player
grief-stricken
griefer
griefful
griefless
Grieg
Grierson
grievance
grievance procedure
grievant
grieve
griever
grieving
grievingly
grievous
grievous bodily harm
grievously
grievousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRIEF

belief
car thief
come to grief
commander in chief
commander-in-chief
disaster relief
disbelief
editor in chief
editor-in-chief
fire chief
handkerchief
in brief
in chief
lief
mischief
pain relief
police chief
relief
thief
tune someone grief

Synonyms and antonyms of grief in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRIEF»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «grief» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of grief

Translation of «grief» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRIEF

Find out the translation of grief to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grief from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grief» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

悲痛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

duelo
570 millions of speakers

English

grief
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दु: ख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أَسىً
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

горе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pesar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিষাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

peine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesedihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kummer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

深い悲しみ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

슬픔
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sungkowo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nỗi đau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துக்கத்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शोकाचे कारण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

keder
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dolore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

smutek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

горе
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

suferință
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θλίψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hartseer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sorg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sorg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grief

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIEF»

The term «grief» is very widely used and occupies the 13.611 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIEF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grief» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grief» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grief

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10 QUOTES WITH «GRIEF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grief.
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Aeschylus
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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Peter Akinola
We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age.
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Namie Amuro
During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.
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Nicos Anastasiades
It's a Cyprus of misery and soup kitchens and a state which cannot meet basic obligations. It can only cause me grief.
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Morena Baccarin
Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness.
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Julian Barnes
Grief seems at first to destroy not just all patterns, but also to destroy a belief that a pattern exists.
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Kathleen Battle
I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That journey to freedom still goes on today. It's an incremental change, the culmination of many events in your own life and the lives of your children and grandchildren.
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Christian Nestell Bovee
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Jean de la Bruyere
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
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Thurston Clarke
A deep, black grief gripped Robert Kennedy in the months following his brother's assassination. He lost weight, fell into melancholy silences, wore his brother's clothes, smoked the cigars his brother had liked, and imitated his mannerisms.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRIEF»

Discover the use of grief in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grief and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through ...
A follow-up to On Death and Dying draws on the original work's theories about the five stages of dying to provide empathic counsel to grieving readers, in a spiritual guide that covers such topics as isolation, children, and healing.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David A. Kessler, 2007
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On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through ...
Shortly before her death in 2004, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler, her collaborator, completed the manuscript for this, her final book. On Grief and Grieving is a fitting completion to her work.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David A. Kessler, 2005
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On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through ...
A follow-up to On Death and Dying draws on the original work's theories about the five stages of dying to provide empathic counsel to grieving readers, in a spiritual guide that covers such topics as isolation, children, and healing. 75,000 ...
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David A. Kessler, 2005
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A Grief Observed
Painfully honest in its dissection of his thoughts and feelings, this is a book that details his paralysing grief, bewilderment and sense of loss in simple and moving prose.
C.S. Lewis, 2012
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Experiencing Grief
Written for the person who has just experienced loss, this brief but powerful book leads readers through the five stages of grief to a peaceful, more mature faith. Original.
H. Norman Wright, 2004
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Good Grief
For fifty years Good Grief has helped millions of readers find comfort and rediscover hope after loss. Now this classic text is available in a new edition, with an afterword by the author's daughters telling how the book came to be.
Granger Westberg, 2011
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Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, Fourth Edition: A ...
Key Features: The task model has been modified to account for new thinking and research findings in the field, including meaning making, resilience, and continuing bonds A new chapter on the Mediators of Mourning helps clinicians to ...
J. William Worden PhD, ABPP, 2008
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Grief: Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry
Written in an accessible way for ministers, ministers-in-training, and all pastoral and spiritual caregivers, this book provides the most up-to-date theory and research in grief to help inform their care of others.
Melissa M. Kelley
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Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide
'This book gives insights into the pain and suffering involved when people are grieving for someone who has committed suicide, but it also offers hope without diminishing the significance of the suffering involved.
Christopher Lukas, Henry M Seiden, 2007
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Grief: the mourning after : dealing with adult bereavement
Reviews from the First Edition. "Written with insight and sensitivity for people in all stages of grief and recovery, this book can be used as a resource for all caregivers, both professional and volunteer.
Catherine M. Sanders, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRIEF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grief is used in the context of the following news items.
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Camp Designed to Help Children Cope With Grief
But it could take more of a toll on a child who has never experienced any type of grief before. To help those children, Hospice of Central New ... «TWC News, Jul 15»
2
6 grief myths that need to be busted so you can heal your broken heart
That was 11 years ago, and while I can remember feeling intense emotional pain and grief, I no longer suffer like I used to. I know I am not ... «The Herald-Times, Jul 15»
3
Kids work through grief at Camp New Hope
The free four-day camp is specifically for children and teens struggling with loss or grief. They may not have any way to travel to traditional ... «The News Journal, Jul 15»
4
Letters: Causing us all financial grief
It is too bad that we have to wait four years between elections to get rid of the incompetents that are causing us so much financial grief. There is ... «Warwick Daily News, Jul 15»
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Nintendo boss dies age 55
... that's eternal, what people remember from when they were kids. He was special.” An outpouring of grief is being heard on social media. «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
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Grief as 17-year old student dies in alleged fight with his schoolmate
A 17-year old student here in Nairobi died last week in what is said to have been a fight with a fellow student. But the school now says that the ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
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Death of Eric Garner One Year Later: Without Closure, Mother's Grief
Eric Garner's death at the hands of police set off weeks of protest, changes to police protocol and for his family, a grief they still have not been ... «NY1, Jul 15»
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Review: Owen Sheers's 'I Saw a Man' Examines Grief and …
Rived by grief over the sudden death of his wife, Caroline, he has sold their house in Wales and moved to an apartment near Hampstead Heath ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
Exploration of lives of pair coping with grief
Grief affects people in different ways, and this novel explores the lives of two individuals trying to cope with loss. Joe's girlfriend Jen died after ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
10
Family of Kentwood man killed in workplace accident filled with grief
KENTWOOD, MI - Michael Bloom, who died last week after an accident at a Walker packaging facility, was a family man who loved fishing, ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»

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