Noun: grief
| Singular | grief |
| Plural | griefs; grieves |
Sample Sentences
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The neighbour's teenagers give me grief every time they see me.
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She was worn out from so much grief.
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The betrayal caused Jeff grief.
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And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […] [1576, George Whetstone, “The Ortchard of Repentance: […]”, in The Rocke of Regard, […], London: […] [H. Middleton] for Robert Waley, →OCLC; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of Regard, […] (Illustrations of Early English Poetry; vol. 2, no. 2), London: Privately printed, [1867?], →OCLC, page 291:]
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Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 53:4:]
Nouns inflected like grief
pyramid roof,
neckkerchief,
neck kerchief,
waterleaf,
yellow dwarf,
hipped roof,
silverleaf,
cloverleaf,
baby beef,
nonself,
headkerchief,
longleaf,
peaked roof,
neckerchief,
semidwarf,
newhalf,
non-self,
handkerchief,
pockethandkerchief,
autumn leaf, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English greef, gref, from Old French grief (“grave, heavy, grievous, sad”), from Latin gravis (“heavy, grievous, sad”). Doublet of grave. See: Middle English Nouns '
greef', Latin Nouns '
gravis'.