English verb: grieve | |||
1. | grieve (emotion) feel grief | ||
Examples | Sam and Sue grieve | ||
Synonyms | sorrow | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | suffer | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | compassionate, condole with, feel for, mourn, pity, sympathize with | ||
2. | grieve (emotion) cause to feel sorrow | ||
Samples | His behavior grieves his mother. | ||
Examples | The bad news will grieve him | ||
Synonyms | aggrieve | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | afflict | ||
Cause | grieve, sorrow | ||