2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Grieve \Grieve\ (gr[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grieved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grieving}.] [OE. greven, OF. grever, fr. L. gravare to burden, oppress, fr. gravis heavy. See {Grief.}] 1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try. [1913 Webster] Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. --Eph. iv. 30. [1913 Webster] The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. --Cowper, [1913 Webster] 2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.] [1913 Webster] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 32 Moby Thesaurus words for "grieved": aching, aggrieved, anguished, bleeding, bruised, careworn, cut, doleful, dolorous, dumb with grief, grief-stricken, griefful, grievous, hurt, in grief, injured, lamentable, lugubrious, mauled, mournful, pained, plaintive, plangent, plunged in grief, rueful, sorrowed, sorrowful, sorrowing, stung, tearful, woeful, wounded
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