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

Spence’s grieving son said his dad’s death and the death of little Kaori Patterson-Moore, a 7-month-old who died after being struck in the head by a stray bullet earlier this month, should be a wake-up call for the city. —

Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 How much to rely on that bot – and when to let go – is a moral quandary for the grieving former combat surgeon who had her license revoked after a tragedy. —

Anika Reed, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026 Erickson said the delays from Harvey compounded the suffering of Dampier’s grieving family. —

Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 For someone who is grieving or lonely, that connection can feel very real. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026 Aetna — and the grieving families — had a very different take. —

Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026 The roar of applause from a grieving mother, not to mention a hug and handshake, has a deeper meaning. —

Jermont Terry, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 The alternative was to remain holed up in their Bushwick apartment, grieving. —

Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 Under the exquisite surface is something quite moving, a grieving family grappling with the kinds of big, swirling, complicated feelings that make life hard and art great. —

Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 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