grieve[verb]Synonyms:- mourn, complain, deplore, lament, regret, rue, suffer, weep
- sadden, afflict, distress, hurt, injure, pain, wound
Antonyms: rejoice
Related Words: bear,
endure,
suffer,
bemoan,
bewail,
deplore,
lament,
cry,
keen,
wail,
weep [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
grieve /ɡriːv/
verb[
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: grever, from Latin gravare 'to load heavily', from gravis; ⇒ grave1]
1. [intransitive and transitive] to feel extremely sad, especially because someone you love has died
grieve over/for
He died, and every day since then I have grieved for him. People need time to grieve after the death of a loved one. She grieved the loss of her only son.2. [transitive] if something grieves you, it makes you feel very unhappy
Synonym : upset:
My aunt, it grieves me to say, gets things confused. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲