Grieve
[griːv] or [griv]
Definition
(verb.) feel grief.
(verb.) cause to feel sorrow; 'his behavior grieves his mother'.
Edited by Anselm--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Greeve
(v. t.) To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
(v. t.) To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate.
(v. i.) 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.
Typist: Xavier
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Afflict, pain, hurt, or wound the feelings of, make sorrowful.
v. n. Sorrow, mourn, lament, bewail, feel regret.
Typist: Ludwig
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Trouble, burden, annoy, distress, bewail, wound, pain, sorrow, hurt, afflict,mourn, lament, complain, deplore
ANT:Ease, console, soothe, please, rejoice, exult, gratify, alleviate
Typist: Louis
Definition
v.t. to cause grief or pain of mind to: to make sorrowful: to vex: (B.) also to inflict bodily pain.—v.i. to feel grief: to mourn.—n. Griev′ance cause of grief: burden: hardship: injury: grief.—adv. Griev′ingly (Shak.) in sorrow sorrowfully.—adj. Griev′ous causing grief: burdensome: painful: atrocious: hurtful.—adv. Griev′ously in a grievous manner: (B.) severely.—n. Griev′ousness.
See Greeve.
Editor: Trudy
Examples
- I am sorry to grieve you, pursued the widow; but you are so young, and so little acquainted with men, I wished to put you on your guard. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But I grieve not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This is sad, but his occasional references to himself grieve me still more. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is an excellent plan to have some place where we can go to be quiet, when things vex or grieve us. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Do not be sorrowful, do not grieve, I broke out. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I grieve to say I could not quite carry out this resolution. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Don't grieve and fret when I am gone, or think that you can be idle and comfort yourselves by being idle and trying to forget. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then they stood on the bank shivering, and so chagrined and so grieved, that they merited holiest compassion. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I am quite grieved for him, and very much frightened, and so is Sir Thomas; and how glad I should be if you were here to comfort me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He was highly delighted, and the exchange was made, much, I believe, to the annoyance of Mr. Elliston, though I knew not why it grieved him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I am grieved to have to say it, but for the present, you and Rachel are better apart. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Poor little soul, you look as if you'd grieved yourself half sick! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I was only fearing that you were grieved. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That childish gladness wounded his mother, who was herself so grieved to part with him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I am very unwell, Topsy, and I think I shan't live a great while; and it really grieves me, to have you be so naughty. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- What grieves you? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Such a rare plant in such a wild place it grieves me to see. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She does not _think_ evil, but she speaks it, speaks it in playfulness; and though I know it to be playfulness, it grieves me to the soul. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It grieves you to see me distressed, Mr Wrayburn; it grieves me to see you distressed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yet, let whoever grieves still cling fast to love and faith in God. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She grieves about Father, and looks sober except when she is at her little piano. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I had had my lesson: I had learned how severe for me was the pain of crossing, or grieving, or disappointing him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She will be mourning and grieving. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Oh O-li-ver, if you know'd how I've been a-grieving for you--' 'Hold your tongue, fool,' murmured Mrs. Bumble. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It was a long, grieving sound, like a sigh--almost like a sob. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I was past grieving over them, past crying over them, past shuddering over them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Pray, pray, pray, I beg you and implore you with all my grieving heart, my friend--my dear! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Beth kept on, with only slight relapses into idleness or grieving. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Lottie