GRIEVE


Meaning of GRIEVE in English

(~s, grieving, ~d)

1.

If you ~ 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 ~...

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

VERB: V prep, V, V-ing

2.

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

He was deeply ~d by the sufferings of the common people...

I was ~d to hear of the suicide of James...

It ~d 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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