to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
verb (used with object),grieved,griev·ing.
to distress mentally; cause to feel grief or sorrow: It grieves me to see you so unhappy.
Archaic. to oppress or wrong.
Origin of grieve
1175–1225; Middle English greven, grieven from Old French grever from Latin gravāre “to burden,” derivative of gravis “heavy,” grave2
SYNONYMS FOR grieve
1 lament, weep, bewail, bemoan; suffer.
2 sadden, pain.
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synonym study for grieve
1. Grieve,mourn imply showing suffering caused by sorrow. Grieve is the stronger word, implying deep mental suffering often endured alone and in silence but revealed by one's aspect: to grieve over the loss (or death ) of a friend.Mourn usually refers to manifesting sorrow outwardly, either with or without sincerity: to mourn publicly and wear black.
The photographs are one more thing to help them bond and grieve more completely.
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend publicly grieve the death of baby Jack|Ellen McGirt|October 1, 2020|Fortune
Still, she and the rest of Electric’s executives realize that this year has fundamentally hurt its workers—and that they will need support to continue grieving for years to come.
The biggest risk in business right now is grief|Maria Aspan|September 27, 2020|Fortune
Millions of women across America and the world are grieving Ginsburg’s passing like their own bubbie had died.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing feels like millions of women have lost their bubbie|jakemeth|September 22, 2020|Fortune
Most protests are largely peaceful, but “Citizens gather, grieve, and leave” is no story at all.
How an overload of riot porn is driving conflict in the streets|Bobbie Johnson|September 3, 2020|MIT Technology Review
But when we grieve their loss, sadly, we now understand: they died for nothing.
How WWI Produced the Holocaust|J.P. O’Malley|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet those days, and March 14 especially, become less of a painful moment to grieve and more of a quiet reminder of what was lost.
Memorial Days After Mourning Has Passed|Alex Horton|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When life gets traumatic do you prefer to hunker down and grieve in private, or open up to others?
Psychologists View Both Divorce and Marriage as Major Life Stresses|Emma Woolf|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sometimes they wished they knew the loved one had died, at least they could mourn or grieve the loss.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus|Katie Baker|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My healing began when I realized that Jennifer was my child, and I would have to grieve for her and heal on my own.