grieve

See also: Grieve and griève

English

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːv/
• Rhymes: -iːv

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

     Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.

   • (Can we date this quote by Cowper and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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

• begrieve
• 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: λυπέω (lupéō)

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• 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
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• Polish: rozpaczać (pl)
• Portuguese: sofrer por
• Russian: горева́ть (ru) (gorevátʹ), скорбе́ть (ru) impf (skorbétʹ), опла́кивать (ru) impf (oplákivatʹ)
• Sassarese: accurà, affriggì
• Scottish Gaelic: caoidh, caoin
• Spanish: contristar (es)
• Swedish: sörja (sv)
• Turkish: üzülmek (tr)

to experience grief

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: قدر (ʾaddir)

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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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• Maori: huamo
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhuzuniha
• Russian: горева́ть (ru) (gorevátʹ), скорбе́ть (ru) impf (skorbétʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: caoidh, caoin
• Spanish: contristarse (es)
• 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.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Walter Scott and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve.

Derived terms

• grieveship

Anagrams

• regive

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Verb

grieve

1. third-person singular present indicative of grever