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grieve

[ greev ]

verb (used without object)

, grieved, griev·ing.
  1. to feel grief or great sorrow:

    She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.

    Synonyms: suffer, bemoan, bewail, weep, lament



verb (used with object)

, grieved, griev·ing.
  1. to distress mentally; cause to feel grief or sorrow:

    It grieves me to see you so unhappy.

    Synonyms: pain, sadden

  2. Archaic. to oppress or wrong.

grieve

1

/ ɡriːv /

verb

  1. to feel or cause to feel great sorrow or distress, esp at the death of someone
  2. obsolete.
    tr to inflict injury, hardship, or sorrow on


grieve

2

/ ɡriːv /

noun

  1. a farm manager or overseer

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Derived Forms

  • ˈgriever, noun
  • ˈgrieving, nounadjective
  • ˈgrievingly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • griev·ed·ly [gree, -vid-lee, greevd, -], adverb
  • griever noun
  • grieving·ly adverb
  • non·grieved adjective
  • non·grieving adjective
  • over·grieve verb overgrieved overgrieving
  • un·grieved adjective
  • un·grieving adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grieve1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English greven, grieven, from Old French grever, from Latin gravāre “to burden,” verb derivative of gravis “heavy”; grave 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grieve1

C13: from Old French grever, from Latin gravāre to burden, from gravis heavy

Origin of grieve2

C15: from Old English (Northumbrian) græfa reeve

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Synonym Study

Grieve, mourn imply showing suffering caused by sorrow. Grieve is the stronger word, implying deep mental suffering often endured alone and in silence but revealed by one's aspect: to grieve over the loss (or death ) of a friend. Mourn usually refers to manifesting sorrow outwardly, either with or without sincerity: to mourn publicly and wear black.

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Example Sentences

But when we grieve their loss, sadly, we now understand: they died for nothing.

In opposition, Dominic Grieve, a Conservative member of Parliament, condemned this.

Yet those days, and March 14 especially, become less of a painful moment to grieve and more of a quiet reminder of what was lost.

When life gets traumatic do you prefer to hunker down and grieve in private, or open up to others?

Sometimes they wished they knew the loved one had died, at least they could mourn or grieve the loss.

I do not intend to vex or grieve you by any conduct of mine; nor do I mean to leave you, now you are both infirm and old.

I grieve that one of the most promising of them is now an inmate in my cabin, in a very delicate state of health.

"Don't grieve as those without hope," she continued, her eyes filling with tears.

Arpad, however, could not imagine what he had said to grieve her; he tried to console her, and asked how he had offended her.

And he has never grown weary of the work, though sometimes he has had to grieve over ill-success.

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