What is another word for bereavement?

Pronunciation: [bɪɹˈiːvmənt] (IPA)

Bereavement is a word that describes the sadness and grief that comes with losing a loved one. Synonyms for this word include mourning, sorrow, lamentation, and anguish. These words describe the emotional pain that is felt after losing someone close to you. Other synonyms for bereavement may include misery, agony, and heartache, which all encapsulate the deep sense of loss that comes with death. Each of these words describes the range of emotions that bereavement brings and can be used interchangeably to convey the sorrowful feelings that come with the passing of a loved one.

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What are the opposite words for bereavement?

Bereavement is a term that connotes loss and grief, and it is not always easy to find a direct antonym for it. However, if we look at its different nuances, we can associate it with the following contrasting concepts: joy, satisfaction, fulfillment, abundance, and rejuvenation. Joy can be seen as the opposite of grief, and finding satisfaction in life can serve as a counterbalance to feelings of loss. Fulfillment in one's personal and professional goals can provide a sense of purpose and direction, while abundance and prosperity bring a sense of security and stability. Lastly, rejuvenation and renewal can serve as an antidote to the pain and suffering caused by bereavement.

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Usage examples for Bereavement

The cow stared at her for a minute, and, when she made no hostile move, turned its attention back to its bereavement.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
There was a kind of wild poetry in the song of her bereavement.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
In a letter addressed to a friend, who, only a few short months afterwards, suffered a like heavy bereavement, there breathes the spirit in which George Eliot bore her own sorrow: I understand it all....
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind

Famous quotes with Bereavement

  • The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.
    Henri Nouwen
  • Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.
    Jules Renard
  • When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.
    Henri Nouwen
  • Have you yet read Miss Martineau’s and Mr. Atkinson’s new work, ? If you have not, it would be worth your while to do so. Of the impression this book has made on me, I will not now say much. It is the first exposition of avowed atheism and materialism I have ever read; the first unequivocal declaration of disbelief in the existence of a God or a future life I have ever seen. In judging of such exposition and declaration, one would wish entirely to put aside the sort of instinctive horror they awaken, and to consider them in an impartial spirit and collected mood. This I find difficult to do. The strangest thing is, that we are called on to rejoice over this hopeless blank — to receive this bitter bereavement as great gain — to welcome this unutterable desolation as a state of pleasant freedom. Who could do this if he would? Who would do this if he could? Sincerely, for my own part, do I wish to know and find the Truth; but if this be Truth, well may she guard herself with mysteries, and cover herself with a veil. If this be Truth, man or woman who beholds her can but curse the day he or she was born. I said however, I would not dwell on what I thought; rather, I wish to hear what some other person thinks,--someone whose feelings are unapt to bias his judgment. Read the book, then, in an unprejudiced spirit, and candidly say what you think of it. I mean, of course, if you have time — not otherwise.
    Charlotte Brontë
  • Edwards is like a politician who keeps announcing that he will not use his opponent's criminal record for partisan political advantage. Manifestly, I was not making fun of their son's death; I was making fun of John Edwards' incredibly creepy habit of invoking his son's tragic death to advance his political career — a practice so repellant, it even made John Kerry queasy. I'm a little tired of losers trying to raise campaign cash or TV ratings off of my coattails, particularly when they use their afflictions or bereavement schedules to try to silence the opposition.
    Ann Coulter

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