The . . . grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked.
Milton.
Syn. -- Burden; oppression; hardship; trouble.
Griev"an*cer (?), n. One who occasions a grievance; one who gives
ground for complaint. [Obs.]
Petition . . . against the bishops as grand grievancers.
Fuller.
Grieve (grv), Greeve, n. [AS. gerfa. Cf. Reeve an officer.] A manager
of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.
[Scot.]
Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve.
Sir W. Scott.
Grieve (grv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Grieving.] [OE. greven, OF. grever, fr. L. gravare to burden, oppress,
fr. gravis heavy. See Grief.] 1. To occasion grief to; to wound the
sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to
hurt; to try.
Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
Eph. iv. 30.
The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
Cowper,