Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

engrieve

/ɪŋˈɡɹiːv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-grieve
IPA: /ɪŋˈɡɹiːv/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

Archaic; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"If any man had either fondly or indiscreetly spoken of Lent to engrieve it to be an importable burden, I would wish his reformation ; for I have not learned that all men are bound to keep the Lent in the form received."
"Even in men, aches and hurts and corns do engrieve, either towards rain or towards frost : for the one maketh the humours more to abound ; and the other maketh them sharper."
"1998, Annabel M. Patterson (editor), The trial of Nicholas Throckmorton (apparently derived from Holinshed's Chronicles, 1577), I am sorry to engrieve any other man's doings, but it serveth me for a piece of my defence, and therefore I wish that no man should gather evil of it."
"Seeing his worke now wasted, deepe engrieved was"

Etymology

From en- + grieve.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: en

Usage

Inflected Forms

engrieves (present, singular) engrieving (participle, present) engrieved (participle, past) engrieved (past)

Synonyms

distress aggrieve attrist begloom begrieve besorrow grieve pain bring down come down on contristate darken

Questions

How do you pronounce engrieve?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪŋˈɡɹiːv/.
What does engrieve mean?: To cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain.
Where does engrieve come from?: From en- + grieve.

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