as in mourned
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we all grieved over the lost cat
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Recent Examples of grieved
Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
Angelina Murrieta watched as her 16-year-old daughter grieved with friends during the vigil for her fallen classmate.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
This isn’t the first time people have grieved for an old model after an upgrade.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The family McAuliffe left behind each grieved in their own way.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
His father grieved by never mentioning her name again in the house, and the fatherly approval Bono craved was in short supply.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
Angelina Murrieta watched as her 16-year-old daughter grieved with friends during the vigil for her fallen classmate.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
This isn’t the first time people have grieved for an old model after an upgrade.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The family McAuliffe left behind each grieved in their own way.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grieved
Verb
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Several world leaders mourned the accident, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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In 1973, the Tree of Ténéré, a 300-year-old acacia in the Sahara Desert, was mourned following its destruction by a truck driver, alleged to have been drunk.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Hill’s 21-year-old son told WXYZ that his whole family is heartbroken.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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Over the past half-decade, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has been called off three times, leaving behind unrealized lineups, swampy farmlands, and heartbroken fans.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Miller's heart ached for his city.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
29 Aug. 2025
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By the end of her climb her thighs cramped, her left foot ached, and Grandma Blue was an angry bull.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Another resident, Matt Fontenot, described a dispirited town that spent the week on edge.—
Alexandra Koch , Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Masters sighed and readjusted himself in his seat before answering.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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Her supervisor sighed, angling his chair away from her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Brolin plays a particularly heartsick parent coming for Garner and demanding answers about his missing daughter.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
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As the titular Buffy, Gellar ably led her gang of monster-slayers (and heartsick teenagers) through seven seasons.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Whereas Armah’s novel operates in the sorrowful register of existentialism, Sembène and Cissé’s films revel in the barbed parameters of comedy and trade in the comeuppance of corrupt leaders.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
IndieWire,
19 Aug. 2025
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Her countenance is icy and distant and her fight skills as formidable as her speed, but the persistent attentions of Johnny Storm eventually expose a softer side of her and a sorrowful history in the climactic stretch.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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With two more wins against the woebegone Chicago White Sox, Seattle could sneak to within 1 1/2 games before the Astros open a weekend series at Yankee Stadium on Friday.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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Only Hunter Goodman, a catcher who played for Hartford in 2022 and 23, will represent the woebegone franchise in the All-Star Game.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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“Grieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieved. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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