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misgrieving

misgrieving is the present participle and gerund of misgrieve.

Meaning of misgrieve

Verb

misgrieve (third-person singular simple present misgrieves, present participle misgrieving, simple past and past participle misgrieved)

  1. 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
  2. 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

Questions about misgrieving

What is misgrieving the present participle and gerund of?
Misgrieving is the present participle and gerund of misgrieve.

Words near misgrieving in the dictionary

  1. misgreets
  2. misgrew
  3. misgrieve
  4. misgrieved
  5. misgrieves
  6. misgrieving
  7. misgrind
  8. misgrinding
  9. misgrinds
  10. misgrip
  11. misgripped

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