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Meaning of 'grieve' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Grieve [ n.]
- Alt. of Greeve
2 . Grieve [ 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.
3 . Grieve [ v. t.]
- To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
- To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate.

Meaning of 'grieve' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . grieve [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cause to feel sorrow
Example in sentence:
  • his behavior grieves his mother

Nearby Words:

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