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grief

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "grief" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable
5 characters
English (US)
1syllable

grief

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

Because it is a word with a single syllable, grief is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofgrief

1noun
  • Suffering, hardship.
  • Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.

    Example: "She was worn out from so much grief."

  • Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.
1verb
  • To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.
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