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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

grieved en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (literary) Very sad or distressed, sorely upset.
    • An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce. Who entring at the breach thy ſword hath made, Sackes euery vaine and artier of my heart, […] c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:

Forms

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more grieved Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most grieved Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

ungrieved

grieved en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of grieve
    form of grieve