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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
grieved
adjective
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▪ The whole community is deeply grieved by her tragic death.
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Grieved

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.

    Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
    --Eph. iv. 30.

    The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
    --Cowper,

  2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]

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grieved

vb. (en-past of: grieve)