Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grieve
Participle: grieved
Gerund: grieving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | grieve |
| you | grieve |
| he;she;it | grieves |
| we | grieve |
| you | grieve |
| they | grieve |
Perfect
| I | have grieved |
| you | have grieved |
| he;she;it | has grieved |
| we | have grieved |
| you | have grieved |
| they | have grieved |
Past
| I | grieved |
| you | grieved |
| he;she;it | grieved |
| we | grieved |
| you | grieved |
| they | grieved |
Pluperfect
| I | had grieved |
| you | had grieved |
| he;she;it | had grieved |
| we | had grieved |
| you | had grieved |
| they | had grieved |
Future
| I | will grieve |
| you | will grieve |
| he;she;it | will grieve |
| we | will grieve |
| you | will grieve |
| they | will grieve |
Future Perfect
| I | will have grieved |
| you | will have grieved |
| he;she;it | will have grieved |
| we | will have grieved |
| you | will have grieved |
| they | will have grieved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grieve |
| you | grieve |
| he;she;it | grieve |
| we | grieve |
| you | grieve |
| they | grieve |
Perfect
| I | have grieved |
| you | have grieved |
| he;she;it | have grieved |
| we | have grieved |
| you | have grieved |
| they | have grieved |
Imperfect
| I | grieved |
| you | grieved |
| he;she;it | grieved |
| we | grieved |
| you | grieved |
| they | grieved |
Pluperfect
| I | had grieved |
| you | had grieved |
| he;she;it | had grieved |
| we | had grieved |
| you | had grieved |
| they | had grieved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grieve |
| you | would grieve |
| he;she;it | would grieve |
| we | would grieve |
| you | would grieve |
| they | would grieve |
Perfect
| I | would have grieved |
| you | would have grieved |
| he;she;it | would have grieved |
| we | would have grieved |
| you | would have grieved |
| they | would have grieved |
Imperative
| you | grieve |
| we | Let's grieve |
| you | grieve |
Verbs conjugated like 'grieve'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'grieve'
grieven,
prieve,
aggrieve,
alieve,
chieve,
dreve,
drive,
engrieve,
frieze,
give,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- lament
- mourn, bemoan, bewail, sorrow, suffer, weep
- agonize
- pain, depress, distress, sadden
Antonyms
- lament
- rejoice, exult, cheer
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English greven, from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravō, gravāre, from adjective gravis (“grave”).
2. For the meaning development compare Russian тяготи́ть (tjagotítʹ, “to be a burden (on), to oppress”), Russian тужи́ть (tužítʹ, “to experience grief”), related to тяжёлый (tjažólyj, “heavy, grave”), тя́жкий (tjážkij). See: Middle English '
greven', Old French '
grever', Latin '
gravo'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and thirst, she climbed over the fence with him; and, sitting down behind a large rock which concealed them from the road, she gave him a breakfast out of her little package. The boy wondered and grieved that she could not eat; and when, putting his arms round her neck, he tried to wedge some of his cake into her mouth, it seemed to her that the rising in her throat would choke her.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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There are three principal theatres. Two of them, the Park and the Bowery, are large, elegant, and handsome buildings, and are, I grieve to write it, generally deserted. The third, the Olympic, is a tiny show-box for vaudevilles and burlesques. It is singularly well conducted by Mr. Mitchell, a comic actor of great quiet humour [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] father, or mother, or friends; — because you 've been a poor, abused child ! I love you, and I want you to be good. I am very unwell, Topsy, and I think I shan't live a great while; and it really grieves me, to have you be so naughty. I wish you would try to be good, for my sake; — it's only a little while I shall be with you. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)