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

The grieving brother at the funeral says the fallen soldier never had time to start his own family. —

Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026 The grieving family gathered at the speedway's infield, where NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell paid tribute to the two-time Cup Series champion with a speech. —

Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026 For the families who are grieving the loss of a service member for the first time, there is a community of veterans, Gold Star families and survivors who have carried this weight before them and found a way forward. —

D’juan Wilcher, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026 In 2024, a Canadian tribunal held Air Canada liable for misleading information given to a grieving customer by its chatbot, establishing that companies can be liable for what their AI tells the public. —

Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 Lea and the three other coroners in Summit County, all women, stay in touch with grieving families for weeks, months and sometimes years after a death. —

Collaborative Colorado, Denver Post, 23 May 2026 Overcast skies, grieving Kyle Busch fans Such was the feeling on this sad, gray day. —

Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026 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. —

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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