as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
the grieving sobs of the widow could be heard throughout the funeral service
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as in mourning
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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
Sameer Butt, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
To the grief police, no way of grieving is satisfactory.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
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
For Chris, there's hope amid the grieving.
—Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2025
There are no consolations to offer the grieving, really, but a squeeze of the hand, or a text, or a phone call, or a card in the mail can be transformative.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Foster had wanted the conflict to be embedded in the Jewish grieving process, which is completely foreign to Joanne and leaves her spiraling over Noah’s whereabouts.
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
And there’s real grieving for that family.
—Lee Ann Anderson, The Hill, 29 Sep. 2025
Today, international journalists are largely barred from Gaza, and their luxurious refuge from the dying and grieving has disappeared.
—Book Marks
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Nina Burns, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
On Netflix April 24, 2026 | Action Thriller A grieving woman testing her limits in the Australian wilderness is suddenly ensnared in a deadly game with a ruthless predator.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
Jennifer Garner shared rare comments about grieving the end of her relationship with ex-husband Ben Affleck in a new interview.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
Zhao discusses the grieving mother’s inability to let Hamnet go.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026
For individuals grieving death of spouse or life partner.
—Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2026
Yet Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Shelby Van Pelt’s 2022 debut Remarkably Bright Creatures follows the unlikely friendship between Tova Sullivan, a grieving widow, and a clever octopus, Marcellus.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2026
Beckinsale noted that changes in appetite is common for people grieving before slamming the people who have made comments about her body.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
But that wasn’t the case for Neveux, who was grieving the loss of her horse.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
There are no plates to record, no registration to trace, and no insurance to compensate the grieving.
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Before the tournament, Damon's endurance coach, Patrick Peterson, was grieving the loss of his 14-year-old son, Armani Peterson, who was killed in the Stockton birthday party shooting that drew national attention.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for grieving
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
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The death toll for Venezuelan security officials comes after Cuba’s government announced Sunday that 32 Cuban military and police officers working in Venezuela had died in the operation, prompting two days of mourning on the Caribbean island.—
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The government declared two days of mourning.—
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What begins as a casual conversation about the weather and aching hips gradually deepens into an unexpected friendship – and perhaps something more.—
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Shaped like your favorite travel pillow, only larger, Buffy’s Cloud side sleeper pillow offers ample support to aching necks and shoulders.—
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The page so far has raised over $30,000 in donations, with a goal of $35,000 to cover funeral costs and to support Kaleigh and Christopher’s four children.—
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The Avila family has also started a GoFundMe to help pay for the funeral and medical bills for Perla.—
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The Rimba Satwa Foundation — a conservation organization dedicated to advocating for elephants and wildlife — has linked the tragedy to the suffering elephants are facing amid the rapid destruction of their habitat, such as changes in land use, and high levels of hunting.—
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In the future, retrons and other gene-editing technology may do more than just reduce and eliminate suffering.—
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Suddenly, Jeff Parker plucks a sighing six-note guitar run, dropping his shoulders into a solo section that carries the tune to its swooning conclusion.—
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Being in the theater with everyone sighing and laughing all together was a fantastic feeling.—
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After Anna disappeared, Alice was heartbroken.—
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A day after the shooting, Chez’s heartbroken parents proclaimed at a press conference outside the 101st Precinct stationhouse in Far Rockaway that their son posed no threat.—
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Christopher Patterson's mother held back tears as his family and friends gathered on Friday outside the home where the 23-year-old lost his life two days before.—
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Narrated by Colm Feore and James Hyndman in the English and French versions of the movie, respectively, the 17-minute stop-motion short follows a poor young boy who discovers a girl whose tears, evoked by a sad home life, turn into pristine pearls.—
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“Grieving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieving. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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