grieve

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   cause to feel sorrow

   Their behavior grieves their mother.

2. 2
   verb

   To cause sorrow or distress to.

   Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern.

3. 3
   verb

   To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.

   to grieve one's fate

4. 4
   verb

   To submit or file a grievance (about).

   Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the … Board of Trustees.

5. 5
   noun

   A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.

   1559-1566, John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or grieve, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ.

6. 6
   verb

   feel grief

7. 7
   verb

   To experience grief.

8. 8
   verb

   To harm.

Etymology

From Middle English greven, from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravō, gravāre, from adjective gravis (“grave”). For the meaning development compare Russian тяготи́ть (tjagotítʹ, “to be a burden (on), to oppress”), Russian тужи́ть (tužítʹ, “to experience grief”), related to тяжёлый (tjažólyj, “heavy, grave”), тя́жкий (tjážkij).