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Grieving   /grˈivɪŋ/   Listen
adjective
Grieving  adj.  Sad; sorrowful; causing grief.


verb
Grieve  v. t.  (past & past part. grieved; pres. part. grieving)  
1.
To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try. "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God." "The maidens grieved themselves at my concern."
2.
To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. (R.)


Grieve  v. i.  To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; often followed by at, for, or over. "Do not you grieve at this."


noun
Grieving  n.  The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved.





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... Wiglaf sat by his lord, grieving sorely at his death, the other ten thanes who had shown themselves to be faithless and cowardly approached with shame to his side. Then Wiglaf turned to ...
— Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy - Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls • Various
... another explanation of the sublime, ancient, and world-wide facts which are before us. It is the answer of Jesus, which is simple, profound, rational, and satisfying. He told His disciples, when they were grieving that they should see Him no more, that they would always have with them the Spirit of Truth who would convict of sin, show things to come, and lead into all truth. That Spirit in the Scriptures is called by one of the sweetest and dearest names in the languages of men—the Comforter. Some ...
— The Ascent of the Soul • Amory H. Bradford
... default. But let it be that so he hath done, as I hear that he hath confessed his offence before the Lords and brethren of the Congregation, yet I am assured that neither he, nor yet his friends, did feel before this time the anguish and grieving of heart which we felt when they in their blind fury pursued us. And therefore hath God justly permitted both them and us to fall in this confusion at once; us for that we put our trust and confidence in man, and them because that they should feel in their own hearts how bitter was the cup which ...
— Royal Edinburgh - Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets • Margaret Oliphant
... moment, alas! two hearts are grieving. What there is to forgive, they are forgiving; What was to be ...
— Without Dogma • Henryk Sienkiewicz
... against the Greeks, and by the battle of Navarino secure their enfranchisement from the Turks. Almost against reason, as it appeared to him, he resolved to believe that Greece would prove triumphant; and in this spirit, auguring ultimate good, yet grieving over the vicissitudes to be endured in the interval, he composed ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley


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