grief

Grief is mental or emotional suffering or distress caused by loss or regret. It’s especially used to refer to the feeling of sorrow and loss from the death of a loved one.

People who are overwhelmed by grief are often described as grief-stricken. This kind of grief is most commonly associated with death, but the word can also be used in the context of other situations involving loss, such as a divorce or the loss of a job.

The related verb grieve means to mourn—to feel or express intense grief, especially due to a death or loss.

The word grief is also used informally to mean trouble or annoyance, as in Please don’t give your mother any grief when she gets home—her day has been hard enough already.��

Grief is used in the phrase good grief, which is typically used to express alarm or dismay.

Grief is also used in the context of online gaming as a slang term that means something similar to the verb sense of troll—to take pleasure in antagonizing others.

Example: I can’t imagine the amount of grief you feel from the loss of your mother.

The first records of the word grief come from around 1200. It ultimately comes from the Latin verb �������������, meaning “to burden,” from gravis, “heavy.” The same root forms the basis of the words gravity and the adjective grave meaning “serious.”

The popular theory that there are five stages of grief was developed by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. According to Kübler-Ross, the five stages of grief are:

1. Denial (This stage involves difficulty believing that what has happened is real.)
2. Anger (This involves frustration that it has happened to you.)
3. Bargaining (This can involve thinking about “what if” and trying to find some way out of what has happened.)
4. Depression. (This involves the sorrow that comes with the realization that what has happened is real and nothing can be done to change it.)
5. Acceptance. (This stage involves accepting what has happened and attempting to move on.)

������ are some other forms related to grief?

• griefless (adjective)
• grieflessness (adjective)

������ are some synonyms for grief?

• bereavement
• sorrow
• sadness
• agony
• anguish
• despair
• misery
• trouble
• annoyance

������ are some words that share a root or word element with grief?��

• grief-stricken
• good grief
• come to grief
• grieve
• grave
• gravity

������ are some words that often get used in discussing grief?

• mourning
• death
• loss
• regret
• denial
• anger
• bargaining
• depression
• acceptance

Grief is especially used to refer to the sorrow felt after the death of a loved one. It’s also commonly used in an informal way to refer to trouble or annoyance.

Illness and death are the pandemic’s most feared consequences, but a collective sense of loss is perhaps its most pervasive. Around the globe, the pandemic has spread grief by degrees.

— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes)

Normalize NOT saying “everything happens for a reason” when talking to someone who is dealing with grief.

— river’s lil jetpack☿ BLM//1312🖤🤎🤍 (@voodooslxt)

I finally did it. After paying for my gym for *ahem* years w/o going *ahem* ever, I finally called to quit. They didn't give me any grief because I clearly had paid my dues. Delayed, but some serious happening today.

— Susan Lee | 이선영 (@susanleewrites)

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Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of grief?

A. sadness
B. sorrow
C. pleasure
D. bereavement