grieving Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb feel grief
    sorrow; grieve.
  2. verb cause to feel sorrow
    grieve; aggrieve.
    • his behavior grieves his mother
  3. adjective satellite sorrowful through loss or deprivation
    grief-stricken; mourning; sorrowing; bereft; bereaved.
    • bereft of hope

WordNet


Griev"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Sad; sorrowful; causing grief. -- n. The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved. -- Griev'ing-ly, adv. Shak.

Webster 1913