grieves (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of grieve (for)
as in mourns
to feel or express sorrow for I grieve for our loss

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grieves (for)
  1. mourns
  2. laments
  3. regrets
Verb
  • As local law enforcement mourns McKnight, his young family is left reeling.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • As Kelly mourns the loss of her dad, TMZ also reported that DJ and keyboardist Wilson was tossed from Slipknot after a 28-year run with the group.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of mourns
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  • Goodman laments the dissolution of the Creative Alliance and the incendiary action of its former participants.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
  • This prescient issue is buried in a recent, must-read Free Press article by Niall Ferguson and John-Clark Levin that laments the growing impotence of the old-fashioned historian in the face of bots and algorithmic amplifications.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Definition of laments
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  • Anyone who owns stock in Moderna, to cite one example, regrets not selling sooner.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Will this turn into a tragic mistake Daemon soon regrets?
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 29 June 2026
Definition of regrets
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“Grieves (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieves%20%28for%29. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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