Thesaurus: grieve

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1. n. Alt. of Greeve
2. v. t. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
3. v. t. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate.
4. 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.
5. v. feel grief
6. v. cause to feel sorrow
7. A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scot.] Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve. Sir W. Scott. 1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to affect; to hurt; to try. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Eph. iv. 30. The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. Cowper, 2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.] 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. Do not you grieve at this. Shak.
8. To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; tosorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.Do not you grieve at this. Shak.
9. v:100 v. feel grief v. cause to feel sorrow