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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 | ||
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