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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grieving

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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

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 Roger was ninety-two, grieving and undoubtedly frightened. —

Margaret Moorman, New Yorker, 22 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 The fatal stabbings of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, the photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, have sparked widespread grieving. —

Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025

Verb

By embedding with grieving families and legal advocates, the film combines personal narratives with investigative reporting to spark critical conversations about social media reform and encourage viewers to reflect on their own digital relationships. —

Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026 Much of the Broward community is grieving. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026 Her family is still grieving and still desperately looking for answers, but the world has kept turning. —

Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Apr. 2026 The victory brought some joy to trainer Mark Glatt and his family, who are grieving the death of his wife in February. —

Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026 Although the family was grieving, there was a sense of purpose in Tucker’s gift. —

Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026 The 41-year-old mother of one is also still grieving the death of her late father, Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away last year at the age of 76. —

Hannah Malach, InStyle, 3 Apr. 2026 Caring for her father, and supporting her grieving mother, felt like a lot to bear. —

Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026 The main motivation is the seven grieving families. —

Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 31 Mar. 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