grief

«grief» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A deep, strong sadness, especially when someone or a pet… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (grief — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A deep, strong sadness, especially when someone or a pet dies or is lost. tree →

2) "Give someone grief" means annoy, bother or criticise them (informal). tree →

3) "Good grief!" shows surprise or annoyance. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Deep sorrow, caused by trouble or by a foolish child. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that a person's conduct brings joy or grief to parents. Lamentations says God's sorrow-giving is not forever, for He will show compassion. In the primary lessons: In feelings lessons, grief is a normal feeling after a loss; it can come with tears, anger, tiredness or numbness, and it slowly gets easier. Talking to someone trusted helps. In stories, a character's grief can change how they act. Phrases: full of grief, deal with grief, come to grief, good grief, give someone grief.

examples

• I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief. (Writings JOB.16.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother. (Writings PRO.10.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. (Writings LAM.3.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• She was full of grief when her dog died. tree →
• Grief can make you feel tired and sad. tree →
• Talking helps with grief. tree →
• Good grief, what a mess! tree →
• My brother gave me grief about my haircut. tree →
• The ship came to grief on the rocks. tree →
• ‘What secret grief is troubling you? tree →

note

Uncountable: "grief", not "a grief". The verb is "grieve" (to feel grief). Spelling: "i before e": g-r-i-e-f. "Come to grief" means fail or have an accident.

In the corpora

• A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
• I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief.
• For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.
• The sadness after a death is called grief.
• Grief gets gentler over months and years; playing and laughing during that time does not mean you have forgotten the person.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «grief» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.