grieve

3 definitions • 3 examples

to feel or express great sadness, especially when someone dies:

grieve for/over He is still grieving for/over his wife.

to make you feel sad and angry:

[ + obj + to infinitive ] It grieves me to see all this food going to waste.

to feel a great sadness, esp. when someone dies:

[ I ] The entire community is grieving for the loss of the four children.