different between sadden vs grieve

English

Etymology

From Middle English saddenen, equivalent to sad +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæd?n/
• Rhymes: -æd?n

Verb

sadden (third-person singular simple present saddens, present participle saddening, simple past and past participle saddened)

1. (transitive) To make sad or unhappy.

2. (intransitive, rare) To become sad or unhappy.
3. (transitive, rare) To darken a color during dyeing.
4. (transitive) To render heavy or cohesive.

   • Marle's binding and sadning of land being the great Prejudice it doth to Clay-lands.

Translations

Anagrams

• dedans, desand, sanded

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?sad?den/

Verb

sadden

1. first-person singular past indicative of saddit

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /??i?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v

Etymology 1

From Middle English greven, from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin grav?, grav?re, from adjective gravis (“grave”).

Verb

grieve (third-person singular simple present grieves, present participle grieving, simple past and past participle grieved)

1. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.

   • Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.

   • Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern.

2. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.

   to grieve one's fate

3. (intransitive) To experience grief.
4. (transitive, archaic) To harm.
5. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance (about).
   • 2009 D'Amico, Rob, Editor, Texas Teacher, published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14:

     Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the [...] Board of Trustees.

Derived terms

• begrieve
• grieved
• griever
• grievingly

Related terms

• grievance
• grievous
• grief

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English greve, greyve, grave, grafe, from Old Norse greifi, from Middle Low German gr?ve, grâve,related to Old English grœfa, groefa, variants of Old English ?er?fa (“steward, reeve”). More at reeve.

Noun

grieve (plural grieves)

1. (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
2. (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.

Derived terms

• grieveship

Anagrams

• regive

Old French

Verb

grieve

1. third-person singular present indicative of grever