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Common collocations with grief in American Collocation

grief noun uncountable

US /ɡrif/

great

bitter
deep
great
intense
overwhelming
profound
untold

We all feel deep grief when those who are dear to us die.

real

genuine
real

Catherine’s grief at the loss of this husband who had never loved her was genuine.

private

personal
private

Everyone has to learn how to ease their own private grief.

public

collective
public

Intense public grief had attended the death of President Nasser in 1970.

show or express grief

display
express
show

They need to know that it is all right to be upset and express their grief.

experience grief

experience
feel
share
suffer

All of America must feel enormous grief at that appalling event.

succeed in dealing with grief

heal
overcome

I cannot seem to overcome the grief.

understand someone’s grief

understand

All volunteers undertake a training course on understanding grief and loss.

accept grief

bear

They bore their grief with immense dignity.

an act of expressing grief

display
expression
outpouring

Verdi’s death in January 1901 resulted in a national outpouring of grief.

a feeling of grief

feeling
sense

In that situation, a feeling of grief often begins long before the actual death.