Definitions for Grieve

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Spelling: [greev]
IPA: /griv/

Grieve is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in Grieve (eegirv).

Definitions for Grieve

verb (used with object)

  1. to distress mentally; cause to feel grief or sorrow:
  2. Archaic. to oppress or wrong.

verb (used without object)

  1. to feel grief or great sorrow:

Origin of Grieve

1175-1225; Middle English greven, grieven Old French grever Latin gravāre to burden, derivative of gravis heavy, grave2

Examples for Grieve

Yet those days, and March 14 especially, become less of a painful moment to grieve and more of a quiet reminder of what was lost.

Many a rod, I grieve to say, was worn to the stump on that unlucky night.

She did not pine or grieve; she only began slowly to wonder what she could do for Eben now.

He saw the change, but it did not grieve him; he hailed the omens which he drew from it.

I grieve to say that you were right in your estimate of his character.

When life gets traumatic do you prefer to hunker down and grieve in private, or open up to others?

But when we grieve their loss, sadly, we now understand: they died for nothing.

Every method which I tried to console her seemed to grieve her more.

Sometimes they wished they knew the loved one had died, at least they could mourn or grieve the loss.

My healing began when I realized that Jennifer was my child, and I would have to grieve for her and heal on my own.

Word Value for Grieve
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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