Synonyms for bereavement
noun death; lossAntonyms for bereavement
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deaths
noun. end of life
- afterlife
- annihilation
- bereavement
- casualty
- cessation
- curtains
- darkness
- decease
- demise
- departure
- destruction
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- end
- ending
- eradication
- eternal rest
- euthanasia
- exit
- expiration
- extermination
- extinction
- fatality
- finis
- finish
- grave
- grim reaper
- heaven
- loss
- mortality
- necrosis
- obliteration
- oblivion
- paradise
- parting
- passing
- passing over
- quietus
- release
- repose
- ruin
- ruination
- silence
- sleep
- termination
- tomb
grief
noun. mental suffering
- affliction
- agony
- anguish
- bemoaning
- bereavement
- bewailing
- care
- dejection
- deploring
- depression
- desolation
- despair
- despondency
- discomfort
- disquiet
- distress
- dole
- dolor
- gloom
- grievance
- harassment
- heartache
- heartbreak
- infelicity
- lamentation
- lamenting
- malaise
- melancholy
- misery
- mortification
- mournfulness
- mourning
- pain
- purgatory
- regret
- remorse
- repining
- rue
- sadness
- sorrow
- torture
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unhappiness
- vexation
- woe
- worry
- wretchedness
loss
noun. misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost
- accident
- bad luck
- bereavement
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- cost
- damage
- death
- debit
- debt
- defeat
- deficiency
- depletion
- deprivation
- destitution
- destruction
- detriment
- disadvantage
- disappearance
- disaster
- dispossession
- failure
- fall
- fatality
- forfeiture
- harm
- hurt
- impairment
- injury
- losing
- misadventure
- mishap
- mislaying
- misplacing
- need
- perdition
- privation
- retardation
- ruin
- sacrifice
- shrinkage
- squandering
- trial
- trouble
- undoing
- want
- waste
- wreckage
losses
noun. misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost
- accident
- bad luck
- bereavement
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- cost
- damage
- death
- debit
- debt
- defeat
- deficiency
- depletion
- deprivation
- destitution
- destruction
- detriment
- disadvantage
- disappearance
- disaster
- dispossession
- failure
- fall
- fatality
- forfeiture
- harm
- hurt
- impairment
- injury
- losing
- misadventure
- mishap
- mislaying
- misplacing
- need
- perdition
- privation
- retardation
- ruin
- sacrifice
- shrinkage
- squandering
- trial
- trouble
- undoing
- want
- waste
- wreckage
misplacement
noun. loss
- accident
- bad luck
- bereavement
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- cost
- damage
- death
- debit
- debt
- defeat
- deficiency
- depletion
- deprivation
- destitution
- destruction
- detriment
- disadvantage
- disappearance
- disaster
- dispossession
- failure
- fall
- fatality
- forfeiture
- harm
- hurt
- impairment
- injury
- losing
- misadventure
- mishap
- mislaying
- misplacing
- need
- perdition
- privation
- retardation
- ruin
- sacrifice
- shrinkage
- squandering
- trial
- trouble
- undoing
- want
- waste
- wreckage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.