Synonyms of grieving

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adjective

as in weeping

expressing or suggesting mourning

the grieving sobs of the widow could be heard throughout the funeral service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weeping
• funeral
• heartbroken
• mournful
• bitter
• wailing
• aching
• sad
• anguished
• melancholy
• sorrowful
• sorry
• tearful
• crying
• unhappy
• agonized
• depressed
• regretful
• lamentable
• plaintive
• doleful
• somber
• lugubrious
• dolorous
• funereal
• woeful
• rueful
• morbid
• deploring
• plangent
• bemoaning
• bewailing
• dark
• bleak
• dolesome
• inconsolable
• disconsolate
• heartsick
• elegiac
• despondent
• pathetic
• suffering
• dejected
• bleeding
• keening
• miserable
• downcast
• darkening
• dispirited
• brokenhearted
• careworn
• moody
• desolate
• crestfallen
• woebegone
• forlorn
• groaning
• moaning
• heartsore
• howling
• gloomy
• glum
• dirgelike
• black
• downhearted
• morose
• gray
• bawling
• sullen
• piteous
• low
• cheerless
• wretched
• low-spirited
• pessimistic
• joyless
• triste
• comfortless
• dismal
• saturnine
• dreary
• yammering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• happy
• joyful
• triumphant
• smiling
• delighted
• laughing
• cheerful
• rejoicing
• bright
• cheery
• joyous
• exulting
• merry
• encouraging
• glorying
• cheering
• blissful
• hopeful
• buoyant
• jolly
• optimistic
• blithe
• lighthearted
• mirthful
• ecstatic
• rapturous
• euphoric
• giddy
• blithesome
• heady
• jocund
• rhapsodic
• elated
• exhilarated

grieving

2 of 3

noun

as in mourning

Related Words

• mourning
• suffering
• weeping
• tears
• sorrowing
• sob
• regret
• agonizing
• cry
• lamentation
• grief
• sorrow
• protest
• lament
• hand-wringing
• outcry
• keen
• heartache
• wail
• anguish
• heartbreak
• groan
• plaint
• howl
• moan
• woe
• complaint
• cri de coeur
• dolor

Dissimilar Words

• rejoicing
• exultation
• smiling
• laughing
• cheering

grieving

3 of 3

verb

present participle of grieve

as in aching

to feel deep sadness or mental pain

we all grieved over the lost cat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mourning
• aching
• sighing
• sorrowing
• suffering
• crying
• sobbing
• agonizing
• weeping
• hurting
• bleeding
• anguishing
• eating one's heart out
• groaning
• tearing one's hair
• tormenting
• smarting
• moaning
• lamenting
• torturing
• bewailing
• longing (for)
• pining (away)
• blubbering
• deploring
• bawling
• howling
• bemoaning
• wailing
• racking
• languishing
• regretting
• yammering
• keening
• ruing
• yowling
• taking on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laughing
• rejoicing
• cheering
• beaming
• exulting
• glorying
• delighting
• triumphing
• ravishing
• comforting
• crowing
• consoling
• assuring
• reassuring
• sympathizing
• soothing
• joying
• commiserating
• solacing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grieving

Noun

Or that most people know him only as a grieving spouse, and he was elected out of sympathy? — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

This horrendous act leads a grieving but determined Ruthye to Kara Zor-El, dead set on exacting revenge for the killings and using our Supergirl to help get her to the culprit. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 24 June 2026

Sallie West has since opened her front door to the grieving. — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026

Traumatized into silence, the de facto orphan stays living with the kindly but guilt-ridden, grieving and impecunious Hiroshi. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 12 June 2026

The grieving in the sense of mourning and crying and all that might stop, but the pain is going to be there. — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026

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

Verb

The families of these men and women grieving, heartbroken, yet filled with pride. — ABC News, 26 July 2026

Her grieving father temporarily relocates the family to Donegal, Ireland, which in 1973, as O’Donnell reminds us, was reeling from its very own Troubles. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 July 2026

Following Bodhi’s death, a GoFundMe was created to help cover funeral expenses for Bodhi and provide counseling to the family grieving his loss. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

Some of the sharpest criticism came from that of Silva’s grieving mother. — Trevor Morgan, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

What happened to the ship, why mysterious clues about the voyage keep popping up, and whether a grieving Vivian will demand answers or quietly carry on propel the story. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2026

The grieving mother also seemed to hint at litigation within the family. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026

The flooding brings back painful memories for the community, as many residents are still grieving the losses caused by last July’s floods, Kerrville Police Chief Jerel Haley said Thursday. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

The doctors pay tribute to their Palestinian colleagues, who work marathon shifts, often while grieving personal losses. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 16 July 2026