grieved

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/ɡɹiːvd/

adjective

Very sad or distressed, sorely upset.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of grieve
adjectivegrieved (comparative more grieved, superlative most grieved)

comparative more grieved · superlative most grieved

  1. literaryVery sad or distressed, sorely upset.

    An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce. Who entring at the breach thy ſword hath made, Sackes euery vaine and artier of my heart, […]

    c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with grieved

receivedachievedleavedcleavedpeevedgreaved
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Sounds the same

greavedgreaved

Anagrams

diverge
Cite this entry
APA

grieved. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grieved

MLA

“grieved.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grieved. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grieved,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grieved.

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