Grieving

3 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.


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              Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.    --Eph. iv. 30.
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              The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
                                                    --Cowper,
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     2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grieving \Griev"ing\, a.
     Sad; sorrowful; causing grief. -- n. The act of causing
     grief; the state of being grieved. -- {Griev"ing*ly}, adv.
     --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grieving
       adj : sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
             [syn: {bereaved}, {bereft}, {grief-stricken}, {mourning(a)},
              {sorrowing(a)}]