grieve

CEFRC1

/ɡɹiːv/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To feel or express deep sadness after a loss.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To experience grief.

Examples

  • I advised him not to grieve over the past.

  • Don't grieve about your past errors.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.

  2. To cause sorrow or distress to.

  3. To submit or file a grievance (about).

More examples

In context

  • 1559-1566, John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or grieve, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ.

  • 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.

  • to grieve one's fate

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English greven, from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravō, gravāre, from adjective gravis (“grave”). For the meaning development compare Russian тяготи́ть (tjagotítʹ, “to be a burden (on), to oppress”), Russian тужи́ть (tužítʹ, “to experience grief”), related to тяжёлый (tjažólyj, “heavy, grave”), тя́жкий (tjážkij).