Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
grief (noun)1.
obsolete - grievance
2.
a) deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement
b) a cause of such suffering
3.
a) an unfortunate outcome - disaster used chiefly in the phrase come to grief
b) - mishap misadventure
c) - trouble annoyance enough grief for one day
d) annoying or playful criticism - getting grief from his friends sorrow
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
grief (noun)1.
deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved
SYNONIMS:
affliction, anguish, dolefulness, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, sorriness, woeRELATED WORDS:
agony, distress, pain, suffering, torment; blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolateness, desolation, despair, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, distress, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, misery, mopes, oppression, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, woefulness, wretchedness; contrition, guilt, regret, remorse, rue, self-reproach, shame; melancholia, self-pityNEAR ANTONYMS:
gaiety ( gayety), gayness, humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness; hopefulness, optimism, sunniness; enjoyment; content, contentedness, contentment2.
the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts
SYNONIMS:
aggravation, aggro, bother, botheration, exasperation, frustration, grief, irritation, pip, vexationRELATED WORDS:
agitation, discomfort, displeasure, distress, disturbance, upset; irritability, irritableness, peeve, perturbation, pet, pique, resentment, snappishness, trouble; anger, angriness, chafe, dander, dudgeon, gall, huff, indignation, irateness, ire, outrage, umbrageNEAR ANTONYMS:
delight, pleasure