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- Dictionarygrieve/ɡriːv/
verb
- 1. feel intense sorrow: "she grieved for her father" Similar Opposite
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GRIEVE definition: 1. to feel or express great sadness, especially when someone dies: 2. to make you feel sad and…. Learn more.
GRIEVE meaning: 1. to feel or express great sadness, especially when someone dies: 2. to make you feel sad and…. Learn more.
The meaning of GRIEVE is to cause to suffer : distress. How to use grieve in a sentence.
To grieve is to feel sorrow over something, especially people who have died. The most common use of grieve has to do with death: usually there are grieving family members and grieving friends, feeling sadness over the loss of a loved one.
Grieve is the stronger word, implying deep mental suffering often endured alone and in silence but revealed by one's aspect: to grieve over the loss (or death ) of a friend.
If you grieve over something, especially someone's death, you feel very sad about it. He's grieving over his dead wife and son. [VERB preposition] I didn't have any time to grieve. [VERB] Margery's grieving family battled to come to terms with their loss. [VERB -ing]
Definition of grieve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
GRIEVE definition: 1. to feel or express great sadness, especially when someone dies: 2. to make someone feel very sad. Learn more.
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.
Grieve is the stronger word, implying deep mental suffering often endured alone and in silence but revealed by one's aspect: to grieve over the loss (or death) of a friend. Mourn usually refers to manifesting sorrow outwardly, either with or without sincerity: to mourn publicly and wear black.
