Synonyms for grieving
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : greev |
| Phonetic Transcription : griv |
Top 10 synonyms for grieving Other synonyms for the word grieving
Définition of grieving
Origin :- mid-15c., "causing pain," present participle adjective from grieve. Meaning "feeling pain" is from 1807.
- verb mourn, feel deep distress
- verb upset, distress someone
- Strange to see him struggle with his disappointment like a grieving child!
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- It was a long, grieving sound, like a sigh—almost like a sob.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Sad and mournful are thy ways, Grieving, wailing, Autumn days!
- Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
- And who are you, tell me that, who instead of grieving for yourself, are grieving for others?
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- She is grieving us deeply, and that is why I am sure that she is not well.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- Grieving will not mitigate our lot, nay, it will add to its burden.
- Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
- Never mind about grieving me;—I am not in love with him;—let me hear all about it!
- Extract from : « The Doctor's Family » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
- She would not do it, for fear of grieving my father, who was absent.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
- In silence, therefore, they heaped the bodies on the pile, grieving at heart.
- Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
- She is grieving to lose her chief friend and companion, Miss Derwent.
- Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)
Antonyms for grieving
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