grieve
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grieve
to feel great sorrow: They grieve for the loss of their leader; lament, weep, bewail, bemoan
Not to be confused with:
greave – a piece of plate armor for the leg between the knee and the ankle
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grieve
(grēv)v. grieved, griev·ing, grieves
v.tr.
1. To cause to be sorrowful; distress: It grieves me to see you in such pain.
2. To mourn or sorrow for: We grieved the death of our pastor.
3. Usage Problem To file an official or formal grievance on account of (an actual or perceived injustice).
4. Archaic To hurt or harm.
v.intr.
To experience or express grief.
[Middle English greven, from Old French grever, to harm, from Latin gravāre, to burden, from gravis, heavy; see gwerə- in Indo-European roots.]
griev′er n.
Synonyms: grieve, lament, mourn, sorrow
These verbs mean to feel, show, or express grief, sadness, or regret: grieved over her father's death; lamenting about the decline in academic standards; mourns for lost hopes; sorrowed for a lost friend.
These verbs mean to feel, show, or express grief, sadness, or regret: grieved over her father's death; lamenting about the decline in academic standards; mourns for lost hopes; sorrowed for a lost friend.
Antonym: rejoice
Usage Note: Traditionally, grieve as a transitive verb has meant "to cause to be sorrowful; distress," with its direct object being the person who is sorrowful or distressed, as in It grieves me to see so many homeless in the city. Later, there developed a sense of grieve in which the direct object is that which causes sorrow or distress, as in She took a week off to attend her father's funeral and grieve his loss. In our 2013 survey, 79 percent of the Usage Panel approved of this usage in this sentence, up from 62 percent in our 1996 survey. More recently, grieve has also come to be used to mean "to file an official or formal grievance." This extended sense does not find favor with the Usage Panel. In 2013, only 21 percent found its use in this passage acceptable: Saradnik was asked to resign as coach following complaints by several parents. Because Saradnik has grieved his dismissal, school officials aren't commenting. This usage is relatively uncommon outside of the sphere of labor and management disputes.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
grieve
(ɡriːv)vb
1. to feel or cause to feel great sorrow or distress, esp at the death of someone
2. (tr) obsolete to inflict injury, hardship, or sorrow on
[C13: from Old French grever, from Latin gravāre to burden, from gravis heavy]
ˈgriever n
ˈgrieving n, adj
ˈgrievingly adv
grieve
(ɡriːv)n
(Agriculture) Scot a farm manager or overseer
[C15: from Old English (Northumbrian) græfa reeve]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
grieve
(griv)v. grieved, griev•ing. v.i.
1. to feel grief or great sorrow.
v.t. 2. to distress mentally; cause to feel grief or sorrow.
3. Archaic. to oppress or wrong.
[1175–1225; < Old French grever < Latin gravāre to burden, derivative of gravis heavy, grave2]
griev′er, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
grieve
Past participle: grieved
Gerund: grieving
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| Verb | 1. | grieve - feel grief suffer - experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" mourn - feel sadness; "She is mourning her dead child" |
| 2. | grieve - cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother" afflict - cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents" |
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grieve
verb
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
grieve
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Translations
يَحْزَن، يأسَفيُحْزِن، يُؤْلِم
rmoutittrápit se
såresørge
búsul
syrgjavalda sorg
liūdėtinuliūdinti
bēdātiessāpinātskumdinātskumt
žalovati
kederlendirmeküzülmeküzüntüye boğmak
grieve
[griːv]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
grieve
[ˈgriːv] vi
[bereaved person] (= feel grief) → avoir du chagrin (= go through grieving process) → faire son travail de deuil
to grieve for sb → pleurer qn
to grieve over sth [+ bereavement] → avoir du chagrin à cause de qch
to grieve for sb → pleurer qn
to grieve over sth [+ bereavement] → avoir du chagrin à cause de qch
vt
[+ death] → pleurer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
grieve
vt → Kummer bereiten (+dat), → betrüben; it grieves me to see that … → ich sehe mit Schmerz or Kummer, dass …; I was deeply grieved to hear of his death → die Nachricht von seinem Tod hat mich tief betrübt
vi → sich grämen (geh), → trauern (→ at, about über +acc); to grieve for somebody/something → um jdn/etw trauern; to grieve for somebody (= sympathize with) → zutiefst mit jdm mitfühlen, jds Schmerz teilen; my heart grieves for you → mir blutet das Herz; to grieve over somebody/something → sich über jdn/etw grämen (geh), → über jdn/etw zutiefst bekümmert sein; I didn’t have any time to grieve → ich hatte keine Zeit zum Trauern; the grieving process → das Trauern
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
grieve
[griːv]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
grieve
(griːv) verb1. to cause to feel great sorrow. Your wickedness grieves me deeply.
2. to feel sorrow.
ˈgrievous adjective severe or very bad. He was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm (= very serious injuries) on the old man.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
grieve
vr. afligirse, apenarse, lamentarse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012