make sorrowful
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distress — dis·tress n [Anglo French destrece, literally, tightness, anguish, deprivation, from Old French, ultimately from Late Latin districtus severe, from past participle of distringere to hinder, punish see distrain] 1: seizure and detention of the… … Law dictionary
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Contristate — Con*tris tate, v. t. & i. [L. contristatus, p. p. of contristare to sadden; con + tristis sad.] To make sorrowful. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grieve — (gr[=e]v), 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grieved — Grieve Grieve (gr[=e]v), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grieving — Grieve Grieve (gr[=e]v), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sad — Sad, v. t. To make sorrowful; to sadden. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] How it sadded the minister s spirits! H. Peters. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sadden — to make sorrowful, c.1400, from SAD (Cf. sad) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Earlier verb was simply sade, from O.E. sadian. Related: Saddened; saddening … Etymology dictionary
afflict — v. a. Grieve, distress, trouble, try, torment, agonize, plague, pain, hurt, harass, wound, exercise, grind, persecute, smite, make sorrowful … New dictionary of synonyms
grieve — I. v. a. Afflict, pain, hurt, distress, sadden, agonize, break one s heart, wound the feelings of, make sorrowful. II. v. n. Sorrow, mourn, lament, suffer, bewail, feel regret, be sad, be heavy hearted, be in pain of mind, be anguished … New dictionary of synonyms
