grieve

Meanings

• verb

  feel or show sadness, particularly because of someone's death or after a disappointing experience

• verb

  experience sorrow and pain, especially after a loss or disappointment

• verb

  cause (someone) to feel or show sadness, especially because of someone's death or after a disappointing experience

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Pronunciation

1. /ɡɹiːv/
   
   
   
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2. /ɡɹiːv/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with grieve
grieve , believe , achieve , receive , deceive , relieve , conceive , perceive , receive , believe , reprieve , grievance,rieve , sieve , eve , leave , grieve , believe , thieve , conceive , achieve , deceive , receive , perceive , relieve

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Variants

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grieve , grieved , grieves , grieving , Christopher Murray Grieve , Hugh MacDiarmid , MacDiarmid

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Forms

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grieved, grieving, grieves

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Etymology

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Old English griehan (cause to mourn, howl), from Proto-Germanic *griobanan (to cry out, lament). Related to Old Norse grípa (seize), Greek kraínein (cry out), and Latin querere (seek, ask, lament).

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Trivia

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1. The word 'grieve' comes from the Old English word 'griehan', which means 'to cry out'.

2. In the Bible, the word 'grieve' appears over 50 times.

3. Grieving is a natural response to loss and is an important part of the healing process.

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Related Concepts

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1. mourning: The process of expressing and dealing with grief, often in response to a loss or death.

2. sorrow: A feeling of deep sadness or regret.

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Culture

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Grieve has been used extensively in literature, particularly in poetry, to express deep sadness and loss. For example, in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ophelia's mad scene includes the lines 'Get thee to a nunnery. Why, what are thou in thy nightgown? What, in thy orisons be all my sins remembered?' (Act 4, Scene 5). In modern times, grieve is used to express sadness and loss in various forms of media, such as music and film.

How to Memorize "grieve"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person deeply mourning the loss of a loved one. Imagine the tears, the sadness, and the despair.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'grieve' with the feeling of deep sadness and loss.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering that 'Grieve' starts with the same letter as 'Grief'.

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