grieve

grieve  (grv)

v. grieved, griev·ing, grieves

v.tr.

1. To cause to be sorrowful; distress: It grieves me to see you in such pain.

2. To mourn or sorrow for: We grieved the death of our pastor.

3. Usage Problem To file an official or formal grievance on account of (an actual or perceived injustice).

4. Archaic To hurt or harm.

v.intr.

To experience or express grief.

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[Middle English greven, from Old French grever, to harm, from Latin gravre, to burden, from gravis, heavy; see g^wer-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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griever n.

grieving·ly adv.

Synonyms: grieve, lament, mourn, sorrow
These verbs mean to feel, show, or express grief, sadness, or regret: grieved over her father's death; lamenting about the decline in academic standards; mourns for lost hopes; sorrowed by the level of poverty.

Antonym: rejoice

Usage Note: Traditionally, the transitive verb grieve, meaning "to cause to be sorrowful; distress," has taken as its direct object the person who is sorrowful or distressed, as in It grieves me to see so many homeless in the city. In addition to this use of the word, a newer syntactic pattern has developed, in which the direct object refers to that which causes one sorrow or distress. Sixty-two percent of the Usage Panel approves of this use, as in She took a week off to attend her father's funeral and grieve his loss. The Panel, however, largely frowns upon extending the semantic domain of the transitive verb grieve to mean "to file a formal or an official grievance." Only 14 percent approves of its use in a context in which a coach who was asked to resign had grieved his dismissal. This strong reaction may be due to the discomfort of extending a solemn, mournful term into less somber situations; however, this sense is useful in the context of union-management labor relations.

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grieve

Verb

[grieving, grieved] to feel or cause to feel great sorrow or distress [Old French grever]

grieved adj
grieving adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	grieve - feel grief sorrow suffer - experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" mourn - feel sadness; "She is mourning her dead child" compassionate, condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with - share the suffering of
	2.	grieve - cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother" aggrieve afflict - cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

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grieve

verb 1. mourn, suffer, weep, ache, lament, sorrow, wail

verb 2. sadden, hurt, injure, distress, wound, crush, pain, afflict, upset, agonize, break the heart of, make your heart bleed << OPPOSITE gladden

Translations

grieve [griːv] vi → afligirse, acongojarse

vt → afligir, apenar;

to grieve for → llorar por;

to grieve for sb [+ dead person] → llorar la pérdida de algn

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grieve [griːv] vi → avoir du chagrin; se désoler

vt → faire de la peine à, affliger;

to grieve for sb → pleurer qn;

to grieve at → se désoler de; pleurer

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grieve [griːv] vi → trauern

vt → Kummer bereiten +dat, betrüben;

to grieve for → trauern um

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grieve [griːv] vi → addolorarsi, soffrire

vt → addolorare;

to grieve for sb → compiangere qn [+ dead person]; piangere qn