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How to spell grief
Grief is spelled G-R-I-E-F.
What it means: Intense sorrow caused by loss.
In a sentence: She felt grief when her favorite toy broke.
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Same family: grieve, grieving, grievous, sorrow, mourning. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Grief” comes from Old French “grief,” meaning injustice or misfortune, which itself comes from the Latin verb “gravare,” meaning “to burden” or “to make heavy.” This origin connects to the idea that grief feels like a heavy weight on the heart.
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