Grieved vs Distressed - What's the difference?
grieved | distressed | Related terms |
(grieve)
To cause sorrow or distress to.
* Bible, Eph. iv. 30
* Cowper
To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
To experience grief.
(archaic) To harm.
To submit or file a grievance.
* 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:
(obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
(chiefly, Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
* Sir Walter Scott
anxious or uneasy
(of merchandise etc) damaged
(of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure
(of furniture etc) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique
(distress)
Grieved is a related term of distressed.
As verbs the difference between grieved and distressed
is that grieved is (grieve) while distressed is (distress).As an adjective distressed is
anxious or uneasy.grieved
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*grieve
English
Etymology 1
From the conjugated forms of (etyl) .Verb
(griev)- Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
- The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
- to grieve one's fate
- 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
* grieved * griever * grievinglyEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve .
Derived terms
* (l)Anagrams
* English ergative verbs ----distressed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm distressed that John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.
