Grieve and Joy

Grieve

Grieve verb - To feel deep sadness or mental pain.
Usage example: we all grieved over the lost cat

Joy is an antonym for grieve.

Nearby Words: grievous, grievance, grief, grieving

Joy

Joy verb - To feel or express joy or triumph.
Usage example: the whole town is joying in the fact that its oldest church has been restored to its Victorian splendor

Grieve is an antonym for joy.

Nearby Words: joyful, joyous, joyless, joyfully, joyously

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Shadowlands After Joy's death, he revises his story, more or less saying it's okay to grieve.
  • Manga / Vampire Knight Everyone Can See It: Yuuki and Zero, specially in the second arc; After Yuuki's returned to be a pureblood, Ruka makes a comment on how "she'll have it worse than me", indicating Yuuki's grieve over losing Zero rather than the joy she should be feeling at finding out she's Kaname's fiancee.
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