grief: Meaning and Definition of

grief

1. keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
2. a cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow.
3. to suffer disappointment, misfortune, or other trouble; fail: Their marriage came to grief after only two years.
4. (used as an exclamation of dismay, surprise, or relief&hasp;): Good grief, it's started to rain again!