Grieve

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cause to be sorrowful; distress: It grieves me to see you in such pain.
  • v. To mourn or sorrow for: We grieved the death of our pastor.
  • v. Usage Problem To file an official or formal grievance on account of (an actual or perceived injustice).
  • v. Archaic To hurt or harm.
  • verb-intransitive. To experience or express grief.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A governor of a town or province.
  • n. A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
  • v. To cause sorrow or distress.
  • v. To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
  • v. To experience grief.
  • v. To harm.
  • v. To submit or file a grievance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.
  • v. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
  • v. To sorrow over.
  • verb-intransitive. To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To inflict mental pain or distress upon; cause to suffer; make sorrowful; afflict; aggrieve.
  • To vex; harass; oppress.
  • To sorrow over; deplore; lament.
  • To feel grief; be in mental distress; sorrow; mourn: usually followed by at, for, about, or over.
  • Synonyms Mourn, etc. See lament, v. i.
  • n. Another spelling of greeve.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cause to feel sorrow
  • v. feel grief
  • Equivalent
    greeve   
    Antonym
    please    gladden   
    Verb Form
    grieved    grieves    grieving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    afflict   
    Form
    grieved    grieving    grieveship    grievingly    griever   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reeve    afflict    hurt    try    sorrow    mourn    discomfort    distress    pain    sadden   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eve    Kleve    Neave    Rajiv    Steve    achieve    aggrieve    aleve    believe    bereave   
    Same Context
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