grieve

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/ɡɹiːv/

verb 5noun 2name 1

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

deeply

The family grieved deeply when they learned about the accident.

still

PREP

for

She has been grieving for her mother since the funeral last year.

over

She has been grieving over her mother's death for several months now.

Definitions

verb

To cause sorrow or distress to.

Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern.

To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.

to grieve one's fate

To experience grief.

To harm.

To submit or file a grievance (about).

Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the … Board of Trustees.

noun

A governor of a town or province.

A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.

1559-1566, John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or grieve, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ.

[T]heir children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing; […]

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — feel grief

sorrow

verb — cause to feel sorrow

aggrieve

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over

Problems and losses that do not reach the attention cause no worries and no grief.

Example Bank

Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern.

Wiktionary

to grieve one's fate

Wiktionary

1559-1566, John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or grieve, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ.

Wiktionary

[T]heir children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing; […]

Wiktionary

Don't grieve about your past errors.

Tatoeba · #23625

I advised him not to grieve over the past.

Tatoeba · #260355

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, grieve is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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