grieve
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Is grieve a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of grieve?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.Examples: "Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern."Synonyms: sadden, upset, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grievetransitive
2. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.Examples: "to grieve one's fate"Synonyms: bewail, lament, begrieve, bemoan, bewail, beweep, condole, deploretransitive
3. (intransitive) To experience grief.Synonyms: besorrow, regret, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, engrieve, erme, gloomintransitive
4. (transitive, archaic) To harm.Synonyms: injure, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, derearchaictransitive
5. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance (about).Examples: "Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the … Board of Trustees."transitive
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.obsolete
2. (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.Examples: "1559-1566, John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or grieve, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ."; "[T]heir children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing; […]"Scotland
Definition source: Wiktionary