Meaning
The deep sadness you feel when someone you love dies.
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Word origin
From Old French grief meaning a wrong or a burden, from Latin gravis, heavy.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- gravis
- English cognates
- grave, gravity, grieve
Examples
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Grief is the deep sadness that follows a death.
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We often talk about grief as a weight that people carry.
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Grief is uncountable, so it takes no a and no plural.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 30, lesson 4: grief, liberty, moral and 7 more words.