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# grief

«grief» in Mova's school dictionary: **A deep, strong sadness, especially when someone or a pet…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (grief — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A deep, strong sadness, especially when someone or a pet dies or is lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grief/#m1)

2) "Give someone grief" means annoy, bother or criticise them (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grief/#m2)

3) "Good grief!" shows surprise or annoyance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grief/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, grief is a normal feeling after a loss; it can come with tears, anger, tiredness or numbness, and it slowly gets easier. Talking to someone trusted helps. In stories, a character's grief can change how they act. Phrases: full of grief, deal with grief, come to grief, good grief, give someone grief.

### examples

- She was full of grief when her dog died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grief/#x1)
- Grief can make you feel tired and sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grief/#x2)
- Talking helps with grief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grief/#x3)
- Good grief, what a mess! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grief/#x4)
- My brother gave me grief about my haircut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grief/#x5)
- The ship came to grief on the rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grief/#x6)
- ‘What secret grief is troubling you? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grief/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: "grief", not "a grief". The verb is "grieve" (to feel grief). Spelling: "i before e": g-r-i-e-f. "Come to grief" means fail or have an accident.

### In the corpora

- [The sadness after a death is called grief.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/5/)
- [Grief gets gentler over months and years; playing and laughing during that time does not mean you have forgotten the person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/14/)
- [Feeling sad, crying and talking about it are natural, because grief is how we feel when we lose someone we love.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/4/)
- [Grief is normal, and talking, crying and keeping memories help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/10/)
- [Laughing and having fun soon after someone died is fine; grief comes and goes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grief» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grief/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.