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   Grieve

   /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

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • G

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   • R

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   • I

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   • E

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   • V

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   • E

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