Webster's English Dictionary

grief

Cross references:
  1. sorrow                
 
grief \'gre-f\ n [ME gref, fr. OF, heavy, grave, fr. (assumed) VL grevis, 
   alter. of]L gravis obs  1: GRIEVANCE  2a: emotional suffering caused by or 
   as if by bereavement  2b: a cause of such suffering  3a: MISHAP, 
   MISADVENTURE  3b: an unfortunate outcome : DISASTER