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Synonyms of grieve

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Another word for grieve is upset. Other synonyms of grieve are pain, unhappy, sorrow, sigh and mourn.

Synonyms and similar words for grieve

verbTo cause sorrow or distress to.

  • saddenTo become sad or unhappy.
  • upsetTo make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
  • aggrieveTo cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict.
  • besorrowTo sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad.
  • painTo render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
  • bring downTo make (someone) feel bad emotionally.
  • come down onTo cause melancholy in (someone).
  • darkenTo render gloomy, darker in mood.
  • dashTo dishearten; to sadden.
  • dejectMake sad or dispirited.
  • depressTo make depressed, sad or bored.
  • desolateTo make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
  • dispiritTo lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
  • forset UK, dialectalTo upset; hinder.
  • get downTo depress; discourage; fatigue.
  • grievenTo make or become grievous or grief-stricken; to fill or be filled with grief.
  • oppressTo make sad or gloomy.
  • sadden upTo become or make (something) sad.
  • ungladdenTo take the gladness from.
  • unhappyTo make or become unhappy; to sadden.
  • attrist archaicTo sadden; to make sad.
  • begloom archaicTo sadden.
  • begrieve archaicTo grieve over or about.
  • contristate obsoleteTo make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.
  • engrieve archaicTo cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain.
  • moan obsoleteTo grieve.
  • repent archaic
  • rue obsoleteTo cause to feel sorrow or pity.
  • tristitiate obsoleteTo sadden.

verbTo feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.

  • bewailTo wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
  • lamentTo express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
  • afterthink
  • becryTo cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
  • bemoanTo be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or what has happened to them.
  • beweepTo weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
  • condole IndiaTo express deep sorrow; to grieve, to lament.
  • deploreTo bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
  • elegizeTo lament, as if in an elegy.
  • keenTo mourn.
  • mean Ireland, UKTo lament.
  • mournTo express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
  • pineTo grieve or mourn for.
  • sighTo lament; to grieve.
  • sorrowTo feel or express grief.
  • wailTo lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
  • bemourn rareTo weep or mourn over.
  • wayment obsoleteTo lament.

verbTo experience grief.

  • regretTo feel sorry about (any thing).
  • gloomTo look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
  • bleed
  • remorseTo experience remorse or sorrow; to regret.
  • erme obsoleteTo grieve; to feel sad.
  • yearn obsoleteTo be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn.

verbTo harm.

  • injureTo wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
  • woundTo hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
  • abuseTo injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
  • bewoundTo wound all over; cover or afflict with wounds.
  • damageTo impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
  • do damage to
  • do for UKTo doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
  • do illTo harm, to injure.
  • do violence toTo gravely harm.
  • harmTo damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
  • harrowTo break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.
  • hurtTo cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
  • maulTo savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
  • put someone in hospital UKTo injure (someone) to the point that they need serious medical attention.
  • scaith ScotlandTo injure; to wound.
  • scatheTo harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
  • wet slangTo kill or seriously injure.
  • annoy archaicTo molest; to harm; to injure.
  • damnify obsoleteTo damage physically; to injure.
  • dere UK, archaicTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.
  • forwork archaicTo do wrong to; injure; scathe.
  • mayhem archaicTo violently inflict injury on (someone); to injure, to wound.
  • misdo archaicTo do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
  • vulnerate archaicTo wound, cause to become vulnerable.

Meaning of grieve

  1. verb To cause sorrow or distress to.
  2. verb To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
  3. verb To experience grief.

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Questions about synonyms of grieve

What is another word for grieve?
Grieve has 77 synonyms on Word.ws, such as upset, pain, unhappy, sorrow, sigh, mourn, oppress and depress.
What does grieve mean?
Grieve means to cause sorrow or distress to.

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