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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.    --Eph. iv. 30.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
                                                    --Cowper,
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  grieving
       adj : sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
             [syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, mourning(a),
              sorrowing(a)]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  grieving
     n.
     An act or instance of feeling or expressing grief.
     vb.
     (present participle of en grieve nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  grieving
     n.
     An act or instance of feeling or expressing grief.
     vb.
     (present participle of en grieve nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  grieving
     n.
     An act or instance of feeling or expressing grief.
     vb.
     (present participle of en grieve nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  grieving
     n.
     An act or instance of feeling or expressing grief.
     vb.
     (present participle of en grieve nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  grieving
     Englanti vb.
     (taivm-pprees en grieve)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  grieving
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en grieve ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb grieve)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Grieving /ɡɹˈiːvɪŋ/
  الحزن

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  grieving /ɡɹˈiːvɪŋ/
  zdrcený žalem

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  grieving /ɡɹˈiːvɪŋ/
  truchlící

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  grieving /ɡɹˈiːvɪŋ/
  zarmoucený

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  grieving /ɡɹˈiːvɪŋ/
  schmerzlich berührend, schmerzend, im Innersten/in der Seele wehtuend, zu Herzen gehend, beelendend, in die Seele schneidend
     Synonyms: paining, being painful, causing pain, distressing, making miserable
  
   see: grieve sb., pain sb., be painful for sb., cause sb. pain, distress sb., make sb. miserable, grieved, pained, been painful, caused pain, distressed, made miserable, It grieves me to see more and more land being sealed and lost as green space., It sometimes does cause me pain to see people being unappreciative of my work., The pictures visibly pain her., It distresses me to see perfectly good food just being thrown away.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  grieving /ɡɹˈiːvɪŋ/
  trauernd
        "the grieving widow"  - die trauernde Witwe
     Synonym: mourning
  
   see: grieve, mourn, grieved, mourned, grieves, mourns, grieved, mourned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  grieving /ɡɹˈiːvɪŋ/
  trauernd, betrauernd, beklagend
        "They are grieving for/over their mother"  - Sie trauern um ihre Mutter., Sie betrauern ihre Mutter, Sie betrauern den Tod/Verlust ihrer Mutter., Sie beklagen den Tod/Verlust ihrer Mutter.
        "They are grieving for/over their mother's death."  - Sie trauern um ihre Mutter., Sie betrauern ihre Mutter, Sie betrauern den Tod/Verlust ihrer Mutter., Sie beklagen den Tod/Verlust ihrer Mutter.
     Synonyms: mourning, sorrowing
  
   see: grieve, mourn, sorrow for/over sb./sth., mourn sb./sth., grieved, mourned, sorrowed
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɡɹivɪŋ/


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