Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grieving"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grieving \Griev"ing\, a.
Sad; sorrowful; causing grief. -- n. The act of causing
grief; the state of being grieved. -- {Griev"ing*ly}, adv.
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. --Eph. iv. 30.
The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
--Cowper,
2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
grieving
adj : sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
[syn: {bereaved}, {bereft}, {grief-stricken}, {mourning(a)},
{sorrowing(a)}]
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