From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
grieving
adj : sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
[syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken,
{mourning(a)}, {sorrowing(a)}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grieve \Grieve\ (gr[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grieved; p. pr.
& vb. n. Grieving.] [OE. greven, OF. grever, fr. L. gravare
to burden, oppress, fr. gravis heavy. See Grief.]
1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to
make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt;
to try.
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Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. --Eph. iv. 30.
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The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
--Cowper,
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2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grieving \Griev"ing\, a.
Sad; sorrowful; causing grief. -- n. The act of causing
grief; the state of being grieved. -- Griev"ing*ly, adv.
--Shak.
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