grieved /ɡɹiːvd/ adjective1 •(literary) Very sad or distressed, sorely upset.An vncouth paine torments my grieued soule, And death arrests the organe of my voyce. Who entring at the breach thy sword hath made, Sackes euery vaine and artier of my heart, […] — 1587 formsmore grieved · most grieved