Grieve
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡɹiːv/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Grieve is a verb meaning (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
Meaning
(transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
- (intransitive) To experience grief.
- (transitive, archaic) To harm.
- (transitive) To submit or file a grievance (about).
- (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
- (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
Example Sentences
to grieve one's fate
Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern.
[T]heir children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing; […]
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.
Word Forms
- grieves
- grieving
- grieved
Synonyms for grieve
Depending on context, synonyms include sadden, upset, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sorrow, aggrieve, mourn, bereavement, sadness, grief.
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Sources & Attribution
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