Suffering, hardship.
The neighbour's teenagers give me grief every time they see me.
A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.
Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.
From Middle English greef, gref, from Old French grief (“grave, heavy, grievous, sad”), from Latin gravis (“heavy, grievous, sad”). Doublet of grave.
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