Grieve

Word GRIEVE
Character 6
Hyphenation grieve
Pronunciations /ɡɹiːv/

Definitions and meanings of "Grieve"

What do we mean by grieve?

To cause to be sorrowful; distress. intransitive verb

To mourn or sorrow for. intransitive verb

To file an official or formal grievance on account of (an actual or perceived injustice). intransitive verb

To hurt or harm. intransitive verb

To experience or express grief. intransitive verb

To inflict mental pain or distress upon; cause to suffer; make sorrowful; afflict; aggrieve.

To vex; harass; oppress.

To sorrow over; deplore; lament.

To feel grief; be in mental distress; sorrow; mourn: usually followed by at, for, about, or over.

Synonyms Mourn, etc. See lament, v. i.

Another spelling of greeve. noun

A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. noun

To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over. intransitive verb

To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try. transitive verb

To sorrow over. transitive verb

A governor of a town or province. noun

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

To cause sorrow or distress. verb

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

To experience grief. verb

To cause sorrow or distress to.

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

To experience grief.

To harm.

To submit or file a grievance (about).

Synonyms and Antonyms for Grieve

The word "grieve" in example sentences

The only thing that the fossil fuel industries grieve is a decline in profits. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To grieve is to take two coffee cups from the cupboard in the morning, only to remember she left last month…and to have to put one cup back…. ❋ Lynn Anderson (2007)

To grieve is to be delighted with the snapshot prints and impulsively to order duplicates for Mother, only to remember that she died six months previously…and to say to the clerk, “Never mind.” ❋ Lynn Anderson (2007)

There are a lot of uncomfortable moments of people doing their best not to grieve, which is more disturbing than the high wails of most movie scripts. ❋ Unknown (2004)

White women were believed to "grieve" more than Black women forced into concubinage, raped, or enslaved in prostitution. ❋ Melissa Ditmore (2011)

It was to address the psychological trauma, then newly labeled as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD], that haunted him and to help him "grieve" that much of his life had been blown away along with his face. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Gob Woodhull, an imaginary son of the real 19th-century feminist, spiritualist and free-love advocate Victoria Woodhull, loses his twin brother in the Civil War and builds a vast and elaborate machine whose purpose is to "grieve" so efficiently that it will bring all of history's dead back to life. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Roth finally encapsulates his aspirations for Benjamin Button in the end: I'm hoping the movie gives people permission to kind of grieve together, in a good way. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It sucks to have to kind of grieve your own death. ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2008)

I think the only thing we can do right now is really just kind of grieve together as a community. ❋ Unknown (2007)

What we heard from students was that this was simply just prayer and group grieving as they all kind of grieve together. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But the best way to 'grieve' hatemonger Jerry Falwell is to take a look at what he stood for -- in his own tasteless and mean words. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Had he gone over there, been killed and they return the body, you can kind of grieve and go on with things. ❋ Unknown (1990)

Will you please remember that "grieve" is always a love word? ❋ S.D. Gordon (N/A)

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