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grieven en · VERB

Etymology

From grieve + -en, as though from grief + -en.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive, nonstandard) To make or become grievous or grief-stricken; to fill or be filled with grief
    • His eyes was^([sic]) still open and that grievened me enough to lean down and close them. 2004, Ron Rash, One Foot in Eden, page 135:
    • I find that the best train Is the morning express train, Which leaves Binghamton at 1:20, And gives me time enough, plenty, To get over the Hudson Before you've got your duds done On Saturday evening, So you needn't be grievening. 1905, Marie Hansen Taylor, Lilian Bayard Taylor Kiliani, On Two Continents: Memories of Half a Century, page 83:
    • Now, in empty room and evening, I, that grievening vision facing, […] 1949, Siegfried Sassoon, Collected Poems, page 248:
    • The freshness returned after Winter's harsh rule, Spring's grievened absence dismissed as her banners dance in the sky. 2011, The Oru, Ramblings of a Near Earth-Shattering Nature, page 25:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
grievens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
grievened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
grievened Tense=Past lexicographic
grievening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

wayment · upset · deplore · sigh · depress · deject · grieven · sadden up · condole · mourn · wail · erme · mean · oppress · besorrow · mourn · rue · attrist · lament · pain · engrieve · sigh · moan · aggrieve · dash · bewail · bemoan · pine · bemourn · contristate · repent · grieve · unhappy · beweep · becry · afterthink · sorrow · bleed · bring down · besorrow · forset · elegize · grieve · lament · moan · desolate · begrieve · darken · get down · rue · begloom · wayment · dispirit · grieven · darken · aggrieve · remorse · begrieve · sorrow · come down on · grieve · engrieve · keen · gloom · ungladden · grieven · grieve · regret · tristitiate · yearn · sadden · repent · repent · condole