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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)adjective

    sorrowful through loss or deprivation

    "bereft of hope"

Wiktionary

  1. grievingnoun

    An act or instance of grieving.

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  1. grieving

    Grieving is the emotional, psychological, and physical response to the loss of someone or something significant. This process involves feelings such as sadness, anger, guilt, and despair, and it often includes reflecting upon or longing for the individual or object that has been lost. Grieving is a normal and natural aspect of life that varies significantly among different individuals and cultures. It includes various stages such as shock, denial, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Grieving

    of Grieve

  2. Grievingadjective

    sad; sorrowful; causing grief

  3. Grievingnoun

    the act of causing grief; the state of being grieved

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of grieving in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of grieving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of grieving in a Sentence

  1. Anne Wilson Schaef:

    We begin to see that the completion of an important project has every right to be dignified by a natural grieving process. Something that required the best of you has ended. You will miss it.

  2. Leonard Carollo:

    These two women preyed on vulnerable victims who turned to them in a time of grief and sadness. But instead of offering guidance, these greedy women betrayed the trust of hundreds of victims and mutilated their loved ones, without knowledge or consent, the women disrespected the wishes of the grieving victims and degraded the bodies of their family members to sell them for profit.

  3. Franciene Sabens:

    As counselors, we know that they're grieving right now, everything that they've known and thought about their senior year, the celebrations, their sense of safety and routine — all of that is gone.

  4. Princess Diana biographer:

    Margaret adored her father, just trying to keep it together on a daily basis was a challenge. She was drinking too much. She was smoking too much. People were very concerned about her mental and physical health. As for the queen, as she said, she had a job. She was grieving, but she had a family, she had a support system behind her. And she had to take on this enormous role, which is becoming queen. The crown had to come first. But for Margaret, she was just absolutely devastated.

  5. State John Kerry:

    The United States is praying and grieving with you for the loved ones of those cruelly taken from us, including Americans, and for the many who were injured in these despicable attacks, the United States stands firmly with Belgium and with the nations of Europe in the face of this tragedy.

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