grief

Converse of object

• assuage: This powerlessness translated itself into elaborate funeral rituals to assuage the grief of those left behind.
• suffer: In his first letter he said: for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.
• express: Points to remember: People have different ways of expressing grief; there is no " normal way " .
• strike: His parents were grief stricken, his father covered in his son's blood.
• cause: These things can cause significant grief which can be difficult enough to come to terms with on their own.
• overcome: He found that helping others to overcome their problems gave him the therapy he needed to overcome the grief of his mother's death.

Preposition: at

• loss: I am in a country stricken with grief at the violent loss of thousands of its people.
• death: Then Francis comes forward alone showing grief at this fatherâs death, then dies himself.

Converse of subject

overcome: Plainly, some of those who had been close to the Princess were overcome by grief.

Preposition: over

death: Such public displays of grief over the deaths of strangers say much about how fragmented and atomised society has become.

Adjective modifier

• unresolved: Many also suffer from unresolved grief at the loss of the support they received from the professional who has abused them.
• untold: On arrival in Crewe there was word coming through of major rail disruptions with overhead lines down and the wind causing untold grief.
• bitter: So absorbed was he by his bitter grief that he never looked up until Holmes's hand was on his shoulder.
• intense: Intense grief was on every countenance when I replied that the President could survive but a short time.
• overwhelming: Anger, frustration and an overwhelming grief are common emotions flowing from experiences of great trial or pain as described above.
• terrible: Hope you can remember for the future that we often give ourselves terrible grief by resisting what is right for us!

Modifies a noun

reaction: Children will also be affected by the grief reaction of their surviving parent, which rarely may lead to neglect.

Possessives

• father: These events begin to unlock Nicky and her father's grief.
• mother: The caterpillar on the leaf Repeats to thee thy mother's grief.

Preposition: for

loss: Actually, this helps people including myself in dealing with our grief for the loss of Princess Diana.