grief

grief
griefless, adj.grieflessness, n.
/greef/, n.
1. keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
2. a cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow.
3. come to grief, to suffer disappointment, misfortune, or other trouble; fail: Their marriage came to grief after only two years.
4. good grief, (used as an exclamation of dismay, surprise, or relief): Good grief, it's started to rain again!
[1175-1225; ME gref, grief < AF gref; see GRIEVE]
Syn. 1. anguish, heartache, woe, misery; sadness, melancholy, moroseness. See sorrow.
Ant. 1. joy.

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