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

As soon as Blanck started teaching in Santa Monica, Read brought his quiet, grieving son back to class. —

Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 The grieving families were bussed along a levee road near the crash site, a compassionate move by the responders. —

Hank Tester, CBS News, 12 May 2026 Days after the shooting stunned Shreveport, a whirlwind of police lights, camera crews and grieving relatives swarmed the neighborhood where the killings unfolded, the streets vibrating with sirens, the air shrouded in questions and disbelief. —

Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 May 2026 The family behind Jimboy’s Tacos is grieving the loss of one of its leading figures. —

Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026 Celebrated on the second Sunday in May, Mother’s Day honors mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in all forms, from single mothers and working moms to women grieving the loss of a child and those who long to become mothers. —

Ronnie Li, USA Today, 10 May 2026 The story concerns a grieving father who, after losing his wife, sends a message out into the stars…and something out there starts to talk back. —

Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026 The teen's grieving family has launched an online fundraiser to help with funeral expenses. —

Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 28 Apr. 2026 Before the one-year anniversary of the tragedy, the influencer shared an emotional TikTok video discussing her process of grieving. —

Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 27 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