Grieve

/ɡɹiːv/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
2. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
3. (intransitive) To experience grief.
4. (transitive, archaic) To harm.
5. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance (about).
6. (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
7. (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.

Example Sentences

Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern.

to grieve one's fate

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.

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; […]

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Word Forms

• grieves
• grieving
• grieved

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