SORROWING Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in mourning

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noun

as in weeping

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sorrowing

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verb

present participle of sorrow

as in grieving

to feel deep sadness or mental pain the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age

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Adjective

In another bit of sad synchronicity, both the Raiders and Cardinals won just three games and fired their coaches last season.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Murphy referred to Lucas’ death as one of the saddest days of his life.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of sad

Noun

Body camera footage showed Flynn weeping, covering his face, and rocking back and forth as police searched his home.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
When the curtain went up, Valencia spent the first several minutes overcome by emotion, glassy-eyed and weeping.

— Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of weeping

Verb

But while politicians trade barbs, residents in Rio de Janeiro have been designing their own responses, with ex-traffickers launching podcasts and grieving mothers stepping up to stop youth recruitment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
The Justice Department unveiled a $25 million grant opportunity Thursday as Attorney General Todd Blanche hosted violent crime survivors and grieving families for a summit focused on public safety and support for victims.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of grieving

Adjective

Ali’s mournful assassin is trying to stay one step ahead of his enemies and, likewise, the movie fights like hell to elude conventionality.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Tender Loving Care is a gentle, mournful, funny portrait of a family whose future is shadowed by uncertainty but tries to face life with cheeriness.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of mournful

Noun

The band’s ninth album reflects on life, death and grief in a journey of mourning that was deeply personal for Gorillaz co-creators Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, who lost their fathers within 10 days of each other.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
So, her lovely black taffeta mourning overdress is beautiful.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of mourning

Verb

The aching reality of life for oppressed Black people is never explicitly referred to.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Japanese arthouse favorite Hirokazu Koreeda returns to his wheelhouse to marvelous effect with Look Back, an aching drama about growing up and making art, featuring a pair of stunning performances from child actors.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of aching

Adjective

The four romances are bittersweet, about love that is marked by melancholy, ends too soon, or never got a chance to begin.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
Here, though, the melancholy sinks in, especially when O’Flynn’s parents (Marion Bailey and Paul Jesson) are concerned.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of melancholy

Noun

Its government, dominated by hardened veterans of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and largely indifferent to the suffering of the Iranian population, appears determined to fight on.

— RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
Understanding the scope of human suffering and hopelessness in our world stirs a strong internal conflict between empathy and pragmatism.

— Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026

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