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Eat one's heart out
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grieve
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB over ▪ Perhaps Margaret just wants that corpse to be her husband's, to give her something to grieve over . ▪ That Liza did not appear to share these sentiments was something which Harriet grieved over and found hard ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grieve \Grieve\, v. i. To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over. Do not you grieve at this. --Shak.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cause sorrow or distress to. 2 (context transitive English) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for. 3 (context intransitive English) To experience grief. 4 (context transitive archaic English) To ...
Usage examples of grieve.
Often trauma victims are too concerned with finding their family, surviving, grieving deaths, getting away from their abuser, etc.
I could not conceal from myself that repentance was beginning to creep into my amorous and well-disposed mind, and I was grieved at it.
Its leaves, when bruised, make a good poultice for inflamed eyes, being outwardly applied to the grieved place.
I was taking my coffee when she came into my room with an expression of mortification which grieved me excessively.
The count was grieved to see her fall so short of the praises he had lavished on her, and came to my room with me, begging me to forgive her Spanish ways, and saying that she would be very pleasant when she knew me better.
I lost no time in exordiums, but came to the point at once, by saying that as a lover of paintings I had been grieved at finding the magnificent Madonna spoilt.
As soon as he left me I went to bed, deeply grieved that I could no longer see you in the absence of my brother, and that I was unable, for fear of consequences, to let you know the reason of my change.
I felt grieved, I became low-spirited, but I could not make up my mind to tell her that I was eating her hair!
We did not kiss each other till the moment of parting, and I could see that both mother and daughter were grieved to lose me.
The father told me I was very wise, and that I could still correspond with his daughter, Sara said nothing, but I could see she was much grieved.
He took it for granted that the Jean de Courtois of the marriage certificate was dead, and his heart grieved for the hapless young woman whose aristocratic name was blazoned on that same document.
Whenever I visited Padua, to complete my study of the law, I stayed at the house of the kind doctor, but I was always grieved at seeing near Bettina the brute to whom she was engaged, and who did not appear to me deserving of such a wife.
The captain, who did not know why she was kissing him, was deeply grieved when I translated what Henriette had said.
However, although I was deeply grieved to find myself in such a disgraceful position, I did not think I had any right to complain.
But if it grieve thee, that thou doest not perform that which seemeth unto thee right and just, why doest not thou choose rather to perform it than to grieve?