'Grieving' definitions:
Definition of 'grieving'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" [syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)]
Definition of 'Grieving'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Grieving'
From: 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]