Dictionary Definition
grieve
Verb
1 feel grief; eat one's heart out [syn: sorrow]
2 break the heart of; cause to feel sorrow [syn:
aggrieve]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- RP & US: /griːv/
Etymology 1
From Old English grœfaDerived terms
Verb
Derived terms
Translations
to cause sorrow
- Dutch: bedroeven
- Finnish: tehdä murheelliseksi
- Turkish: üzmek
to feel very sad about
Extensive Definition
Grieve is a surname of English
origin.
It is related to the surname Reeve and variants
include Greaves, Grieves,
Greeves, Greves, Greave, Griveson and
Greaveson. Although English in origin, it is particularly strong in
Australia
and Scotland.
People with the surname include:
- Basil Grieve, cricketer
- Brian Grieve, botanist
- Christopher Murray Grieve, real name of poet Hugh MacDiarmid
- Dominic Grieve, MP
- Harold Grieve, film designer
- John Grieve (actor)
- John Grieve (VC)
- Maud Grieve, herbalist
- Ollie Grieve, Australian rules footballer
- Percy Grieve, MP
- Richard Grieve, actor
- Robert Cuthbert Grieve, VC recipient
- Tom Grieve, baseball player
It is also the name of a variety of apple, named after its breeder:
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ache,
affect, afflict, affront, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, barb the dart, bear, bemoan, bewail, bleed, break down, bring to tears,
brood over, bruise,
complain, constrain, crush, cry, cut, cut up, deplore, desolate, dirge, discomfort, dismay, distress, draw tears, elegize, embitter, endure, fret, give offense, give sorrow
words, give umbrage, hurt,
hurt the feelings, injure, inundate, keen, knell, lament, melt, melt the heart, moan, mope, mourn, move, offend, oppress, outrage, overwhelm, pain, pierce, pine, pine away, prick, prostrate, reach, regret, repine, rue, sadden, shed tears, sigh, sing the blues, soften, sorrow, stab, sting, suffer, take on, torment, touch, twist the knife, wail, weep, weep over, wound