Tra từ grief - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

grief [grief griefs] BrE [ɡriːf] NAmE [ɡriːf] noun
1. uncountable, countable ~ (over/at sth) a feeling of great sadness, especially when sb dies
•She was overcome with grief when her husband died.
•They were able to share their common joys and griefs.
2. countable, usually singular something that causes great sadness
•It was a grief to them that they had no children.
3. uncountable (informal)problems and worry
•He caused his parents a lot of grief.
Idioms: ↑come to grief ▪ ↑give somebody grief ▪ ↑good grief!

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French grief, from grever ‘to burden’, based on Latin gravare, from gravis ‘heavy, grave’.

Thesaurus:
grief noun U, C
•He was overcome with grief at his wife's death.
sadness • • unhappiness • • regret • • heartache • • heartbreak • |formal sorrow • |literary melancholy •
Opp: joy
grief/sadness/unhappiness/regret/heartache/heartbreak/sorrow/melancholy at/about/over sth
be filled with/full of/overcome with grief/sadness/unhappiness/regret/heartache/heartbreak/sorrow/melancholy
express/show/hide your grief/sadness/unhappiness/regret/sorrow

Example Bank:
•He feels that he can't share his grief with anyone.
•Her parents were stricken with grief.
•I felt awkward at intruding on their private grief.
•She understood my grief because she too had lost a child.
•Such behaviour can cause considerable grief.
•They are still struggling to come to terms with their grief.
•grief over the loss of a friend's life
•her grief for her dead husband
•She was stricken with grief when her husband died.