Meaning & use
griefs
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Instances or particular sources of deep sorrow (plural of grief).
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The support group met weekly to share their individual griefs and losses.
Old letters brought back the griefs of a difficult childhood.
A note on using this word
Grief is usually treated as an uncountable noun, so the plural 'griefs' is comparatively rare, used mainly in literary or reflective writing to refer to distinct episodes of sorrow.
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