with grief

/wɪð ɡriːf/

phrase★Intermediate

formalinformal

in a state of sorrow or sadness

The family gathered with grief after the funeral.

The family was deeply saddened after the funeral.

He spoke with grief about his late father.

He expressed sorrow while talking about his late father.

💡

This phrase is commonly used to describe emotional reactions to loss or tragic events.

Collocations

with grief and sorrowwith deep sadness and mourningwith grief in one's heartwith sorrow in one's heart

grieve withphrase

to share someone's sorrow

heavy with griefphrase

overwhelmed by sorrow

Use 'with grief' to describe a state of deep sorrow, often in formal or emotional contexts.

This phrase is more common in formal or literary writing than in casual conversation.

The phrase combines the preposition 'with' and the noun 'grief', which comes from Old French 'greve' meaning 'grief, sorrow'.

This phrase is often used in formal and literary contexts to express deep emotional pain or sorrow.

with

indicates a state or condition

preposition

grief

deep sorrow, especially caused by loss

noun

English Dictionary