grieve

See also: Grieve and griève

English

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːv/
• Rhymes: -iːv

Etymology 1

From Middle English greven, borrowed from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravō, gravāre, from adjective gravis (“grave”).

Verb

grieve (third-person singular simple present grieves, present participle grieving, simple past and past participle grieved)

1. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
   • Bible, Eph. iv. 30

     Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.

   • Cowper

     The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.

2. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.

   to grieve one's fate

3. (intransitive) To experience grief.
4. (transitive, archaic) To harm.
5. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance (about).
   • 2009 D'Amico, Rob, Editor, Texas Teacher, published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14:

     Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the [...] Board of Trustees.

Derived terms

• grieved
• griever
• grievingly

Related terms

• grievance
• grievous
• grief

Translations

to cause sorrow to

• Bulgarian: огорчавам (bg) (ogorčavam), наскърбявам (bg) (naskǎrbjavam)
• Dutch: bedroeven (nl)
• Esperanto: aflikti, ĉagreni (eo), malĝojigi
• Finnish: tehdä murheelliseksi
• French: attrister (fr), chagriner (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: λυπέω (lupéō)

• Hungarian: elszomorít (hu), bánt (hu)

• Ido: chagrenigar (io)
• Irish: buair
• Italian: affliggere (it)
• Maori: whakapō
• Portuguese: afligir (pt)
• Turkish: üzmek (tr)

to feel very sad about

• Bulgarian: скърбя (bg) (skǎrbja)
• Dutch: betreuren (nl)
• Ewe: fa konyi
• Finnish: murehtia (fi), surra (fi)
• French: avoir du chagrin
• Gallurese: affliggj’, afrigj’
• Ido: chagrenar (io)
• Italian: affliggersi (it)

• Maori: whakapō
• Polish: rozpaczać (pl)
• Portuguese: sofrer por
• Russian: горева́ть (ru) (gorevátʹ)
• Sassarese: accurà, affriggì
• Scottish Gaelic: caoidh, caoin
• Swedish: sörja (sv)
• Turkish: üzülmek (tr)

to experience grief

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• Dutch: treuren (nl)
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• French: être affligé (fr)
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• German: trauern (de)
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• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: huamo
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhuzuniha
• Old English: sorgian
• Scottish Gaelic: caoidh, caoin
• Swahili: kuhuzunika
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• Turkish: üzülmek (tr)
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Etymology 2

From Middle English greve, greyve, grave, grafe, from Old Norse greifi, from Middle Low German grēve, grâve, related to Old English grœfa, groefa, variants of Old English ġerēfa (“steward, reeve”). More at reeve.

Noun

grieve (plural grieves)

1. (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
2. (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve.

Derived terms

• grieveship

Anagrams

• regive

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Old French

Verb

grieve

1. third-person singular present indicative of grever