grief

«grief» in Mova's school 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 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

• 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

• 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.
• Feeling sad, crying and talking about it are natural, because grief is how we feel when we lose someone we love.
• Grief is normal, and talking, crying and keeping memories help.
• Laughing and having fun soon after someone died is fine; grief comes and goes.

Trees and pragmatics

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