grievenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

grieven (third-person singular simple present grievens, present participle grievening, simple past and past participle grievened)

1. (ambitransitive, nonstandard) To make or become grievous or grief-stricken; to fill or be filled with grief

   Synonyms: grieve; see also Thesaurus:be sad, Thesaurus:lament, Thesaurus:sadden

   • 1905, Marie Hansen Taylor, Lilian Bayard Taylor Kiliani, On Two Continents: Memories of Half a Century, page 83:

     I find that the best train
     Is the morning express train,
     Which leaves Binghamton at 1:20,
     And gives me time enough, plenty,
     To get over the Hudson
     Before you've got your duds done
     On Saturday evening,
     So you needn't be grievening.

   • 1949, Siegfried Sassoon, Collected Poems, page 248:

     Now, in empty room and evening,
     I, that grievening vision facing, […]

   • 2004, Ron Rash, One Foot in Eden, page 135:

     His eyes was still open and that grievened me enough to lean down and close them.

   • 2011, The Oru, Ramblings of a Near Earth-Shattering Nature, page 25:

     The freshness returned
     after Winter's harsh rule,
     Spring's grievened absence
     dismissed
     as her banners
     dance in the sky.

アナグラム

• reeving, regiven, veering