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单词 griefful
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grieffuladj.

/ˈɡriːffʊl/
Forms: Middle English greful, Middle English–1600s greefull, 1500s–1700s grieffull, (1500s grefull, grefful, grieful(l, gre(e)fe-ful, griefeful(l, grievefull), 1500s, 1800s griefful.
Etymology: < grief n. + -ful suffix.
Painful, sorrowful; †grievous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] > causing sorrow or grief
sorelyc888
sorrowfulOE
sorryOE
yomerlyOE
rueful?c1225
grievous1297
heavyc1374
sada1375
deefulc1380
grievable1390
grieffula1400
grievingc1450
trist?c1450
tristfula1492
dolorousa1500
doly?1553
mournful?1570
griefsome1635
tristifical1656
melancholy1710
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 13184 Bot þis dede was seld ful dere, þe mening ȝeit lastis bi ȝere, wid a greful [Vesp. greithful] uengance.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 251 The wounde of Rycharde was soo greefull to see, that it was pyte to beholde.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) x. sig. Aviv It is grefull to me to leue youre companye.
1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc (Shaks. Soc.) i. i. 97 And nowe the daie renewes my griefull plainte.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. iii. sig. D2v The most greefull, despairing, wretched [etc.].
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James III in Wks. (1711) 42 To deliver this Grief-full Body to the Rest of a desired Grave.
1747 W. Collins Odes 6 The Grief-full Muse addrest her infant Tongue.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 191 The same great, grave, griefful air.
1882 Daily News 21 Apr. 5/7 The stern reality of a griefful parting.

Derivatives

ˈgrieffully adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adverb] > in manner to cause sorrow or grief
sorrowfullyc1225
griefly1340
balefullya1375
teenfullya1375
grieffullya1400
unwinlya1400
sorrowfulc1415
tristfully1880
a1400–50 Alexander (Dublin) 973 And grettes for hym als grefully [Ashm. MS. greuously] as he hym gettyn hed.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cliij He is in dede very sory, but yet taketh the matter lesse greifefully, forasmuche as the thinge hath fortuned throughe another mans faulte, and not his.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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