US /ˈɡriːffəl/ UK /ˈɡriːffəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    full of grief; sorrowful (archaic)

    She sang a griefful lament for the fallen soldiers.

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Synonyms
1 adj · full of grief; sorrowful... sorrowfulmournfulgrievingwoefuldolefulgrievous
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Word family
Related forms griefgrievegrievous

Etymology

Archaic, from grief + -ful. Grief is from Old French grief ('wrong, grievance, hardship'), from grever ('to burden'), from Latin gravare, from gravis ('heavy').

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