misgrieve
misgrieve verb: to injure in a way that creates grief.
Verb
misgrieve (third-person singular simple present misgrieves, present participle misgrieving, simple past and past participle misgrieved)
- To injure in a way that creates grief.
- Soul of Condorcet! — tell me that misgrieves My spirit, if unto thy thought profound Hope scintillates;1853, Thomas Cooper, The Purgatory of Suicides: A Prison-rhyme, page 170
- and further hit is agreed by the said twelve men that hit shalbe lawfull for any Inhabytant that finds him selfe misgrieved shall impound the said sheepe and the same to retayne vntill the said offender be content to paye x.1919, Frederick Christian Wellstood, Records of the Manor of Henley in Arden, Warwickshire, page 91
- To grieve improperly.
- Screaming, pain filled, and yearning for more peace yet none comes. All swept away, little pieces scattered to the water. I am perplexed here trapped between the lost and misgrieved.2008, Sheri Nicole Karstok, Harbingers of Innocence, page 19
- Yet in a wondrous variety of ways it is possible for a griever to misgrieve.2012, Arlie Russell Hochschild, The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling, page 63
Forms of misgrieve
| third-person singular present | misgrieves |
|---|---|
| present participle | misgrieving |
| past participle | misgrieved |
| past | misgrieved |
Origin of misgrieve
From mis- + grieve.
Questions about misgrieve
- What does misgrieve mean?
- Misgrieve means to injure in a way that creates grief.
- What part of speech is misgrieve?
- Misgrieve is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misgrieve?
- The past tense of misgrieve is misgrieved.
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