GRIEVING Synonyms: 181 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in weeping

expressing or suggesting mourning the grieving sobs of the widow could be heard throughout the funeral service

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noun

as in mourning

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grieving

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verb

present participle of grieve

as in aching

to feel deep sadness or mental pain we all grieved over the lost cat

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Recent Examples of grieving

Noun

Is this part of a process of grieving or one of denial? —

Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026 The search for answers is one step in a long grieving process. —

Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 Hughes remembered as a spiritual leader While there have been public honors for Hughes – his smiling yearbook photo was displayed on the scoreboard overlooking the football field – much of the grieving in this community of about 200,000 people is playing out in private. —

Andy Rose, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026 Here’s what to know about health anxiety, collective grieving and how to manage those fears. —

Rachel Hale, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026 Dad did not come home to join us in our grieving. —

John Wrory Ficklin, Time, 11 Feb. 2026 Gordon explained in a recent interview with 9News that the grieving of his brother’s death in 2024 has affected his body physically. —

Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026 Finch said on Sunday that the Timberwolves pushed for the postponement to respect the public grieving process. —

Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026 There are no plates to record, no registration to trace, and no insurance to compensate the grieving. —

Sameer Butt, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026

Verb

And what to make of Natalia (Milena Smit), the grieving young mother who sometimes appears in the margins of Elsa’s story? —

David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 May 2026 He is survived by David, his grieving white partner. —

Literary Hub, 19 May 2026 Hirokazu Koreeda brings his customary warmth and generosity of spirit to the seemingly cold presence of GenAI in our lives in Sheep in the Box (Hako no naka no hitsuji), in which grieving parents hope to ease their pain by embracing a humanoid built in their dead son’s image. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026 Can a grieving mother help others heal? —

Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 16 May 2026 And our family is left grieving the sudden loss of our family member. —

Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026 As a pastor, Readon is known in the community for fighting gun violence, often showing up at rallies and seen comforting grieving family members. —

Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026 It was written, me, grieving the loss of my big brother. —

Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026 For parents grieving the death of child, regardless of age or circumstance. —

Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grieving

Adjective

And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.

— David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.

— Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021