Each day we learn of the griefs and tribulations which affect our constituents or ourselves.
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All of us are in some measure partners in their griefs and joys.
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The national will to win was an almost tangible thing that underlay even the most acute difficulties and the sharpest griefs of the time.
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Does he accept that one of the greatest griefs felt by those families is that one of the senior police officers involved was able to avoid disciplinary proceedings by retiring?
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A primary advantage of a group is that a client's grief is shared and may decrease feelings of isolation.
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How was the grief of the bereaved manifested ?
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The overall impact of family-focused grief therapy was modest, with a reduction in distress at 13 months.
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The impact of a grief workshop for pediatric oncology nurses on their grief and perceived stress.
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The grief had made the participants appreciate relationship with other people.
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Parents spoke of building a community of parents who are able to share in release of their grief.
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There are many forms of grief that are difficult to resolve.
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We examined both grief and mood symptoms (depression and anxiety) before and after group participation.
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An investigation of grief and adaptation in parents whose children have died of cancer.
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We then conducted univariate analyses to understand which variables were significant predictors of postloss depression, life satisfaction, and grief.
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Higher scores on this scale indicate higher levels of grief.
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Translations of grief
in Chinese (Traditional)
(尤指某人之死引起的)悲痛,悲傷,悲哀…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
(尤指某人之死引起的)悲痛,悲伤,悲哀…
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in Spanish
aflicción, dolor, pesar [masculine]…
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dor, aflição, luto [masculine]…
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Deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement
ep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavementhis grief over his son's death
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very great sadness, especially at the death of someone:
Her grief at her son's death was terrible.
Newspapers should not intrude on people's private grief.
newspaper pictures of grief-stricken relatives
She describes the anxieties and griefs caused by war.
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emotional pain
painDivorce can cause a lot of pain and suffering.
hurtThe hurt caused by the break-up was almost unbearable.
griefAfter his death, her grief was unbearable.
heartacheAfter all the tears and heartache, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
heartbreakMany of us have known our share of heartbreak.
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come to griefget griefgive sb grief
(Definition of grief from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
grief | AMERICAN DICTIONARY
grief
noun [ U ]
US /ɡrif/
very great sadness, esp. at the death of someone:
It took her years to get over her grief at the death of her mother.
fig. I had no idea that forgetting my driver’s license would cause me so much grief (= trouble).
(Definition of grief from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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grief
Each day we learn of the griefs and tribulations which affect our constituents or ourselves.
From the Hansard archive
All of us are in some measure partners in their griefs and joys.
From the Hansard archive
The national will to win was an almost tangible thing that underlay even the most acute difficulties and the sharpest griefs of the time.
From the Hansard archive
Does he accept that one of the greatest griefs felt by those families is that one of the senior police officers involved was able to avoid disciplinary proceedings by retiring?
From the Hansard archive
A primary advantage of a group is that a client's grief is shared and may decrease feelings of isolation.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
How was the grief of the bereaved manifested ?
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The overall impact of family-focused grief therapy was modest, with a reduction in distress at 13 months.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The impact of a grief workshop for pediatric oncology nurses on their grief and perceived stress.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The grief had made the participants appreciate relationship with other people.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Parents spoke of building a community of parents who are able to share in release of their grief.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
There are many forms of grief that are difficult to resolve.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
We examined both grief and mood symptoms (depression and anxiety) before and after group participation.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
An investigation of grief and adaptation in parents whose children have died of cancer.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
We then conducted univariate analyses to understand which variables were significant predictors of postloss depression, life satisfaction, and grief.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Higher scores on this scale indicate higher levels of grief.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
See all examples of grief
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Translations of grief
in Chinese (Traditional)
(尤指某人之死引起的)悲痛,悲傷,悲哀…
See more
in Chinese (Simplified)
(尤指某人之死引起的)悲痛,悲伤,悲哀…
See more
in Spanish
aflicción, dolor, pesar [masculine]…
See more
in Portuguese
dor, aflição, luto [masculine]…
See more
in more languages
Need a translator?
Get a quick, free translation!
Translator tool
What is the pronunciation of grief?
Browse
griddle
gridiron
gridlock
gridlocked
grief
grief tourist
grievance
grieve
grieved
Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes
Image credits
Try a quiz now
More meanings of grief
All
grief tourist
come to grief idiom
get grief idiom
give sb grief idiom
good heavens/grief/gracious! idiom
See all meanings
Idioms
BLOG
Lily-livered or hard as nails: talking about people you don’t like (2)
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