Thesaurus / grieving
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synonyms for grieving
- dejected
- discouraged
- disheartened
- forlorn
- glum
- morose
- sad
- all torn up
- blue
- bummed out
- cast down
- despairing
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- doleful
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- gloomy
- griefstricken
- hopeless
- in a blue funk
- in despair
- in the pits
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholy
- miserable
- mourning
- shot down
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- wretched
- afflicted
- cast down
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- dejected
- depressed
- dirgeful
- dismal
- dispirited
- distressing
- dolent
- dolorous
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- down in the mouth
- dreary
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- lamentable
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- mournful
- painful
- piteous
- pitiful
- plaintive
- rueful
- sad
- somber
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- all torn up
- blue
- bummed out
- dejected
- depressed
- despairing
- disappointed
- disconsolate
- disheartened
- down
- forlorn
- heavy-hearted
- inconsolable
- low
- melancholy
- mournful
- sad
- unhappy
- woebegone
- dark
- close
- damp
- downcast
- lowering
- melancholy
- overcast
- stifling
- cloudy
- crestfallen
- dejected
- despondent
- disconsolate
- dismal
- dull
- leaden
- oppressive
- sad
- sodden
- soggy
- sorrowful
- anguished
- forlorn
- sad
- bereft
- cheerless
- depressed
- disconsolate
- distressing
- doleful
- dolent
- full of sorrow
- grief-stricken
- grievous
- heartbroken
- in mourning
- in pain
- in sorrow
- lamentable
- pitiful
- sombre
- woeful
- resentful
- annoying
- pressing
- sensitive
- smarting
- upset
- afflicted
- aggrieved
- annoyed
- critical
- distressing
- grieved
- indignant
- irked
- irritated
- pained
- peeved
- stung
- troubled
- urgent
- vexed
- weighty
- appalling
- awful
- calamitous
- deplorable
- disappointing
- disastrous
- dreadful
- feeble
- grim
- lamentable
- lousy
- miserable
- paltry
- pathetic
- pitiful
- shocking
- sorry
- wretched
- afflicted
- agonized
- anguished
- bad
- catastrophic
- cruel
- disconsolate
- disgraceful
- distressing
- doleful
- gloomy
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- heartsick
- hopeless
- inadequate
- mean
- mournful
- piteous
- pitiable
- plaintive
- poor
- racked
- rotten
- sorrowful
- tortured
- tragic
- unfortunate
- unhappy
- complaining
- dirge
- elegy
- jeremiad
- keen
- keening
- moan
- moaning
- mourning
- plaint
- requiem
- sob
- sobbing
- sorrow
- tears
- threnody
- ululation
- wail
- wailing
- weeping
- grief
- aching
- bereavement
- blackness
- crying
- darkness
- keening
- lamentation
- lamenting
- languishing
- moaning
- pining
- repining
- sorrowing
- wailing
- weeping
- woe
- anguish
- grief
- heartache
- heartbreak
- hopelessness
- melancholy
- misery
- mourning
- poignancy
- sorrow
- blahs
- bleakness
- bummer
- cheerlessness
- dejection
- despondency
- disconsolateness
- dispiritedness
- distress
- dolefulness
- dolor
- downer
- dysphoria
- forlornness
- funk
- gloominess
- letdown
- listlessness
- moodiness
- mopes
- mournfulness
- sorrowfulness
- tribulation
- woe
- blue devils
- blue funk
- broken heart
- dismals
- downcastness
- heavy heart
- the blues
- the dumps
- agony
- anguish
- hardship
- heartache
- heartbreak
- melancholy
- misery
- mourning
- pain
- regret
- remorse
- repentance
- sadness
- suffering
- unhappiness
- worry
- affliction
- blow
- blues
- care
- catastrophe
- dejection
- depression
- distress
- dolor
- lamenting
- misfortune
- rain
- rue
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- weeping
- woe
- wretchedness
- bad news
- big trouble
- blubbering
- crying
- discharge
- distress
- drops
- lachryma
- lamentation
- lamenting
- moisture
- mourning
- pain
- regret
- sadness
- sob
- sob act
- sobbing
- sorrow
- teardrop
- wailing
- water
- waterworks
- weep
- weeping
- weeps
- whimpering
- woe
- adversity
- anguish
- burden
- calamity
- catastrophe
- disaster
- gloom
- hardship
- headache
- misery
- misfortune
- pain
- tragedy
- trouble
- affliction
- agony
- blues
- care
- cataclysm
- curse
- dejection
- depression
- distress
- dole
- drag
- grief
- heartache
- heartbreak
- lamentation
- melancholy
- misadventure
- rain
- regret
- rue
- sadness
- sorrow
- trial
- tribulation
- unhappiness
- wretchedness
- bemoaning
- deploring
On this page you'll find 534 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to grieving, such as: disturbed, oppressed, persecuted, wronged, afflicted, and depressed.
- blessed
- cheerful
- comforting
- encouraging
- excellent
- fortunate
- good
- happy
- hopeful
- joyful
- lucky
- nice
- pleasing
- rich
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- wealthy
- wonderful
- worthwhile
- glad
- advantage
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- cheer
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- happiness
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- aid
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- happiness
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- joy
- miracle
- pleasure
- profit
- prosperity
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- wonder
- gladness
- health
- joyousness
- peace
- relief
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use grieving in a sentence
In the aftermath of the fire — as so often with disasters — grieving, homeless survivors wanted someone to blame, and Nero seemed a credible villain.
WHAT WAS NERO REALLY DOING WHILE ROME BURNED?DIANA PRESTONNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThat’s the key to responsible mourning — remember that everyone grieves.
EIGHTY YEARS OF MEMORIES THAT WILL STIR READERS’ OWNCONNIE SCHULTZNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe grieving father played by Ian McShane, is a composite, as is the broken-hearted cheerleader played by Kate Mara.
MARSHALL FOOTBALL, 50 YEARS AFTER PLANE CRASH, CARRIES ON, AND REMEMBERSJOHN FEINSTEINNOVEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThis didn’t mean that I wasn’t upset when I found out her terminal diagnosis, or that I didn’t grieve for her afterward.
THE JOYS OF BEING A STOIC - ISSUE 92: FRONTIERSMASSIMO PIGLIUCCINOVEMBER 4, 2020NAUTILUSHowever, some have turned their backs on grieving families and separated children.
IS AMERICA FINALLY HAVING ITS MOMENT OF ANAGNORISIS?TRACY MORANNOVEMBER 3, 2020OZYThe old fire now came over him, and the elders looked round sadly one at another, grieving that they should lose such a brother.
SKIPPER WORSEALEXANDER LANGE KIELLANDI had been grieving so much of late that this golden opportunity would pass by; but, thank God!
A FORTUNE HUNTER; OR, THE OLD STONE CORRALJOHN DUNLOE CARTERETHer poorer neighbours understood far more than the others could understand, how sorely she was grieving about the child.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRDIs it that we are neglecting the prayerful study of God's Word, and thus grieving the Spirit by whom it was inspired?
SEPARATION AND SERVICEJAMES HUDSON TAYLOROn one such inauspicious day, the young poet Junius came into a square, thronged with the grieving populace.
DREAM TALES AND PROSE POEMSIVAN TURGENEVWORDS RELATED TO GRIEVING
- all torn up
- blue
- bummed out
- cast down
- dejected
- despairing
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dispirited
- doleful
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- griefstricken
- grieving
- hopeless
- in a blue funk
- in despair
- in the pits
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholy
- miserable
- morose
- mourning
- sad
- shot down
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- wretched
- afflicted
- cast down
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- dejected
- depressed
- dirgeful
- dismal
- dispirited
- distressing
- dolent
- dolorous
- down
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dreary
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- grieving
- lamentable
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- mournful
- painful
- piteous
- pitiful
- plaintive
- rueful
- sad
- somber
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.