grieve
verb
[ ɡriːv ]
• feel intense sorrow.
• "she grieved for her father"
Similar:
mourn,
lament,
be mournful,
be sorrowful,
sorrow,
be sad,
be miserable,
cry,
sob,
weep,
shed tears,
keen,
weep and wail,
beat one's breast,
suffer,
ache,
be in anguish,
be distressed,
be in distress,
eat one's heart out,
Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘harm, oppress’): from Old French grever ‘burden, encumber’, based on Latin gravare, from gravis ‘heavy, grave’ (see grave2).
grieve
noun
• an overseer, manager, or bailiff on a farm.
Origin:
late 15th century: related to reeve1.
