Word Meanings - GRIEVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to affect; to hurt; to try. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Eph. iv. 30. The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. Cowper, 2. To sorrow over;

Additional info about word: GRIEVE

1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to affect; to hurt; to try. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Eph. iv. 30. The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. Cowper, 2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GRIEVE)

• Aggrieve
• Wound
• trouble
• annoy
• hurt
• vex
• disappoint
• molest
• maltreat
• grieve
• afflict
• injure
• wrong
• Bewail
• Lament
• deplore
• rue
• bemoan
• sorrow
• mourn for
• Chafe
• Gall
• rub
• irritate
• chagrin
• tease
• harass
• worry
• calcitrate
• re sent
• resist
• fret
• fidget
• writhe
• Distress Harass
• embarrass
• mortify
• pain
• disturb
• Hurt Wound
• bruise
• harm
• damage

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of GRIEVE)

• Compose
• calm
• allay
• appease
• please
• soothe
• delight
• gratify
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to GRIEVE)

• TEASER
  A jager gull. (more info) 1. One who teases or vexes.
• SORROW
  The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great
• BRUISEWORT
  A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• LAMENTING
  Lamentation. Lamentings heard i' the air. Shak.
• BEWAIL
  To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over. Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury. Shak. Syn. -- To bemoan; grieve. -- See Deplore.
• SORROWED
  Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. Shak.
• GRIEVE
  1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to affect; to hurt; to try. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Eph. iv. 30. The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. Cowper, 2. To sorrow over;
• MOURNFUL
  Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss. -- Mourn"ful*ly, adv. -- Mourn"ful*ness, n. Syn. -- Sorrowful;
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• BEWAILING
  Wailing over; lamenting. -- Be*wail"ing*ly, adv.
• FIDGETY
  Restless; uneasy. Lowell.
• AFFLICTIVELY
  In an afflictive manner.
• WRONGOUS
  Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful.
• AFFLICTIVE
  Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing. "Jove's afflictive hand." Pope. Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain. Prior.
• WRONG
  1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. Prov. viii. 36. 2. To impute evil to unjustly;
• AFFLICTING
  Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv.
• DEPLOREDNESS
  The state of being deplored or deplorable. Bp. Hail.
• CALCITRATE
  To kick.
• UNRESISTANCE
  Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• FILAMENTOUS
  Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. Gray.
• HARASS
  To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature
• DECOMPOSE
  To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
• COCKCHAFER
  A beetle of the genus Melolontha and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.