Associations to the word «Grieve»

Wiktionary

GRIEVE, verb. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
GRIEVE, verb. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
GRIEVE, verb. (intransitive) To experience grief.
GRIEVE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To harm.
GRIEVE, verb. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance.
GRIEVE, noun. (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
GRIEVE, noun. (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.

Dictionary definition

GRIEVE, verb. Feel grief.
GRIEVE, verb. Cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats