un-grieve

verb

To stop or cause to stop grieving because the cause of grief is removed.

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Meanings

verbun-grieve (third-person singular simple present un-grieves, present participle un-grieving, simple past and past participle un-grieved)

present singular third person un-grieves · participle present un-grieving · participle past un-grieved · past un-grieved · alternative ungrieve

  1. To stop or cause to stop grieving because the cause of grief is removed.

    “Mind telling me what you were doing?” “I needed to un-grieve God.”

    2017, W. Franklin Lattimore, Behind the Darkness
    2 more examples

    God was deeply grieved and there was no one to un-grieve Him quickly enough.

    2012, Dr. Joseph Luxum, War in a Bottle

    They've grieved you for years and now they're being asked to un-grieve you, and, sadly, that just isn't something that very many people understand because, well, it's never been a possibility before now.

    2014, John Corey Whaley, Noggin

Origin

From un- + grieve.

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APA

un-grieve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/un-grieve

MLA

“un-grieve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/un-grieve. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “un-grieve,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/un-grieve.

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