Antonyms for grieved

Grammar : Verb

Spell : greev

Phonetic Transcription : griv

Definition of grieved

Origin : early 13c., "cause pain," from tonic stem of Old French grever "to burden, oppress, aggravate" (see grief). Meaning "be very sad, lament" is from c.1300. Related: Grieved; grieving.

verb mourn, feel deep distress
verb upset, distress someone

Example sentences :

I was oppressed, grieved, sickened, at the sad presentation of humanity.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Ned has grieved for her with bitter self-reproach, though he is happy with Milly.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Before that grieved organ-tone of reproach, Kitty's eyes filled.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

But here, I am grieved to tell you, happened a sad misfortune.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I am grieved to be driven to have recourse to the following artifices.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Thousands of years before, when their king had died, the people had grieved.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

You said, 'It grieved you that I was poor; that you could not restore to me the luxury and wealth I had lost.'
Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Everybody in the castle noticed the change in their master, and grieved over it.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

He was both vexed and grieved to hear it; grieved on Jenkins's score, vexed on his own.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

"I am grieved that it should have happened," said Mr. Galloway, kindly.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Synonyms for grieved

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