Antonyms for grieve
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1. grieve

   To mourn is to feel or express sadness or distress because of some loss, affliction, or misfortune; mourning is thought of as prolonged, grief or regret may be transient. One may grieve or mourn, regret, rue, or sorrow without a sound; he bemoans with suppressed and often inarticulate sounds of grief; he bewails with passionate utterance, whether of inarticulate cries or of spoken words. He laments in plaintive or pathetic words, as the prophet Jeremiah in his "Lamentations." One deplores with settled sorrow which may or may not find relief in words. One is made to rue an act by some misfortune resulting, or by some penalty or vengeance inflicted because of it. One regrets a slight misfortune or a hasty word; he sorrows over the death of a friend.

   Antonyms:
   be joyful, exult, joy, make merry, rejoice, triumph

   Synonyms:
   bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament, mourn, regret, rue, sorrow

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1. grieve

   Antonyms:
   ease, console, soothe, please, rejoice, exult, gratify, alleviate

   Synonyms:
   trouble, burden, annoy, distress, bewail, wound, pain, sorrow, hurt, afflict, mourn, lament, complain, deplore

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1. • Afflict
   • Suffer

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grieve, sorrowverb

   feel grief

   Synonyms:
   sorrow, aggrieve

2. grieve, aggrieveverb

   cause to feel sorrow

   "his behavior grieves his mother"

   Synonyms:
   sorrow, aggrieve

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1. grieveverb

   Synonyms:
   mourn, regret, lament, rue, weep, sorrow, bewail, deplore, wound, afflict, try, distress, pain

How to use grieve in a sentence?

1. President Obama:

   We all grieve when any innocent life is taken. We don't take this work lightly. And I know that each and every one of you understand the magnitude of what we do and the stakes involved and these aren't abstractions and we're not cavalier about what we do.

2. Hoonigan Racing:

   Ken was a visionary, a pioneer and an icon. And most importantly, a father and husband, he will be incredibly missed. Please respect the family’s privacy at this time while they grieve.

3. Bakari Sellers:

   I'm tired of grieving and crying. I'm tired of seeing the videos, then we protest, then we have a funeral, then we have another shooting. We grieve, we cry, we protest.

4. Justin Trudeau:

   We are heartbroken knowing many of those we lost had their entire lives in front of them. We grieve with those facing news no parent or family should ever have to face, this is every parent’s worst nightmare. No one should ever have to see their child leave to play the sport they love and never come back.

5. South Carolina:

   These events bring a sadness like no other, we grieve together for our lost ones, and we pray together for those touched by these horrific tragedies.

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