to grieve
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4.1
- verb
- /ɡriːv/
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- He found it hard to grieve after the death of his pet, as it felt like losing a member of the family.
And so I had him grieve his brother's death in the same way, and he got discharged.
- And so I had him grieve his brother's death in the same way, and he got discharged.
- Those hurt from childhood can be grieved, but they can't be erased.
Examples
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And he'll say it's important to grieve because you are by nature a social creature and you're attached to other people.
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- And when we fail, we grieve as a nation.
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"Do not grieve for all this.
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"The river will be a good place to grieve," my sister told me.
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So did you ever give yourself time to grieve that properly?
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"Has your husband even grieved? Is he even around?"
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When the troops found out, they were greatly grieved, for they loved him as none other.
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Like I think when someone dies, it's appropriate to grieve, and it's not, in the first instance joyful.
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My loyal subjects, the whole world grieves at the death of our beloved king.
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So I've had a month to grieve and to really feel all the feelings and sadness and heal and start that healing process.
Synonyms
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4.9
To make someone feel sad or upset
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3.4
To make someone very sad because of love or disappointment
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4.6
To make someone cry because of a strong feeling like sadness or joy
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8.9
To cause someone pain or deep sadness
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grieve comes from the old Latin word gravare, which means 'to make heavy' and gave us words about weight and seriousness like grave. So to grieve someone is to 'make them feel heavy' with sorrow, which is why it means to cause great sadness.