| grief | (noun) something that causes great unhappiness | Synonyms: sorrow |
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| (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: brokenheartedness, heartache, heartbreak |
| grievance | (noun) a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action | - |
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| (noun) an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice | - |
| (noun) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | Synonyms: grudge, score |
| grieve | (verb) feel grief | Synonyms: sorrow |
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| (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: aggrieve |
| griever | (noun) a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) | Synonyms: lamenter, mourner, sorrower |
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| grieving | (adjective) sorrowful through loss or deprivation | Synonyms: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, mourning, sorrowing |
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| grievous | (adjective) causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | Synonyms: dangerous, grave, life-threatening, serious, severe |
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| (adjective) shockingly brutal or cruel | Synonyms: atrocious, flagitious, monstrous |
| (adjective) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought | Synonyms: grave, heavy, weighty |
| (adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish | Synonyms: heartbreaking, heartrending |
| grievously | (adverb) in a grievous manner | - |
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