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- DictionaryGrieve/ɡrēv/
verb
- 1. suffer grief: "she grieved for her father" Similar mournlamentbe mournfulbe sorrowfulsorrowbe sadbe miserablecrysobweepshed tearskeenweep and wailbeat one's breastsufferachebe in anguishbe distressedbe in distresseat one's heart outOpposite be happyrejoice
- ▪ feel grief for or because of: "she did not have the opportunity to grieve her mother's death"
- ▪ cause great distress to (someone): "it grieves me to think of you in that house alone" Similar hurtwoundpainharrowstinggallsaddenupsetdistressdevastatecause suffering tocrushbreak someone's heartmake someone's heart bleedhit someone hardOpposite please
Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘harm, oppress’): from Old French grever ‘burden, encumber’, based on Latin gravare, from gravis ‘heavy, grave’ (see grave2).
Derivatives
- 1. griever noun
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