GRIEVE


Meaning of GRIEVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ gri:v ]

( grieves, grieving, grieved)

1.

If you grieve over something, especially someone’s death, you feel very sad about it.

He’s grieving over his dead wife and son...

I didn’t have any time to grieve...

Margery’s grieving family battled to come to terms with their loss.

VERB : V prep , V , V-ing

2.

If you are grieved by something, it makes you unhappy or upset.

He was deeply grieved by the sufferings of the common people...

I was grieved to hear of the suicide of James...

It grieved me to see the poor man in such distress.

VERB : be V-ed by/at n , be V-ed to-inf , it V n to-inf , also V n

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