Word of the Day: Grief

grief / ɡrēf

noun

1. deep sadness, often caused by bereavement

A day of grief lasts longer than a month of joy.

Chinese Proverb

2. a cause for deep suffering

Light griefs can speak, but deeper ones are dumb.

Latin Proverb

3. trouble

It is a grief to one beggar that there is another at the door.

Dutch Proverb

4. playful teasing or criticism

He didn’t give me grief over the hours I spent in the studio with pieces of paper. I did not give him grief over the hours he spent hitting gold balls on the fairways and greens.

from ‘Artful Grief: A Diary of Healing’ by Sharon Strouse, ?-