Grief | Mean of grief in English Dictionary

/ˈgriːf/

• Noun
• deep sadness caused especially by someone's death
1. He has been unable to recover from his grief at/over his son's death.
2. She was overcome with/by grief.
• a cause of deep sadness
1. the joys and griefs of our lives
• trouble or annoyance
1. I've had enough grief for one day.
2. Trying to fix the computer isn't worth the grief.

• annoying or playful criticism
1. He's taken/gotten/had a lot of grief from his friends.
2. His friends have been giving him a lot of grief.
• to experience failure, disaster, etc.
1. The boat came to grief on the rocks.
2. Their plans for opening a restaurant came to grief when they failed to get a loan.