grieve
/gri:v/
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Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To cause someone to feel deep sorrow or distress; to afflict with grief.
- Verb (intransitive):
- To feel or express deep sorrow, especially because of someone's death or a loss.
Usage
- As a transitive verb, "grieve" takes a direct object (the person who is made to feel sorrow).
- As an intransitive verb, "grieve" is often followed by a preposition like for, over, or at to indicate the cause of the sorrow.
Examples
- Transitive verb (to cause sorrow):
- His cruel words grieved his mother deeply.
- It grieves me to see the city in such a state of decay.
- Intransitive verb (to feel sorrow):
- She is still grieving for her lost friend.
- The nation grieved over the tragic accident.
Advanced Usage
- "To grieve for": To mourn or feel sorrow about a specific person or thing that has been lost.
- He took a long time to grieve for his wife.
- "To grieve over": To feel deep sorrow regarding a specific event or situation.
- There's no point in grieving over spilled milk. (This is a variation on the idiom "don't cry over spilled milk.")
Variants and Related Words
- Grievance (n): A real or imagined cause for complaint or protest.
- The workers presented a list of their grievances to management.
- Grievous (adj): Very severe or serious; causing great pain or suffering.
- He suffered a grievous injury in the battle.
Synonyms
- Transitive (to cause sorrow): Sadden, distress, hurt, pain, afflict.
- Intransitive (to feel sorrow): Mourn, lament, sorrow, weep, ache.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
(Note: "Grieve" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. The prepositions "for," "over," and "at" are used as described in the intransitive usage.)
Related Idioms
- "Grieve one's heart out": To grieve very intensely and for a long time.
- After her dog died, she grieved her heart out for weeks.
Verb
- cause to feel sorrow
- his behavior grieves his mother
- feel grief