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Grieve

Alt. of Greeve

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Broader term 4

Ache 76% connected

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Afflict 76% connected

To strike or cast down; to overthrow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suffer 76% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 3

Compassionate 76% connected

Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mourn 76% connected

To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pity 76% connected

Piety.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Mourner 74% connected

One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mourner 74% connected

One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend.

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Causes 1

Sorrow 72% connected

The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Aggrieve 92% connected

To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sorrow 92% connected

The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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