grieve

grieve · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To feel intense sorrow, especially over someone's death.

  2. 2.

    To cause great distress to someone.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    grieve over/for — to mourn or feel sorrow about
  • •
    time to grieve — a period for processing loss

Related words

Antonyms: celebrate, rejoice
See also: grief, grieving, mourn
Synonyms: lament, mourn, sorrow

Etymology

From Old French grever ("to burden, encumber"), from Latin gravare ("to weigh down"), from gravis ("heavy").