Definition for Grieving:

• Sad; sorrowful; causing grief.

Synonyms for Grieving:

• adj.

  •aggrieved (adjective)
  • de pressed,
  • more saddened,
  • un happy,
  • un happiest,
  • un-happy,
  • most wronged,
  • most persecuted,
  • unhappy,
  • un-happier,
  • pained,
  • more grieving,
  • most grieving,
  • un happier,
  • un-happiest,
  • de-pressed,
  • more wronged,
  • more persecuted,
  • most saddened.
  •depressed (adjective)
  • despondent.
  •despondent (adjective)
  • in pits,
  • dis-heartened,
  • dis heartened,
  • lowspirited,
  • most mourning,
  • most cast down,
  • more castdown,
  • woebegone,
  • more cast down,
  • more bummed out,
  • hopeless,
  • most bummed-out,
  • castdown,
  • more disheartened,
  • most bummedout,
  • morose,
  • most castdown,
  • more bummed-out,
  • more cast-down,
  • most cast-down,
  • most disheartened,
  • bummedout,
  • most bummed out,
  • in a blue funk,
  • low spirited,
  • more bummedout,
  • more mourning.
  •doleful (adjective)
  • cast down,
  • down in mouth,
  • funereal,
  • Dirgeful,
  • painful,
  • Dolent,
  • doleful.
  •heartsick (adjective)
  • heartsick.
  •heavy (adjective)
  • sodden.
  •regretful (adjective)
  • penitent,
  • contrite,
  • repentant,
  • rueful,
  • regretful,
  • remorseful,
  • shameful,
  • lamenting.
  •sore (adjective)
  • more grieved,
  • most irked,
  • most vexed,
  • more irked,
  • most grieved,
  • more stung,
  • more vexed,
  • up-set,
  • most stung.
  •woeful (adjective)
  • dis-graceful,
  • in adequate,
  • in-adequate,
  • more agonized,
  • dis-appointing,
  • un fortunate,
  • more racked,
  • dis graceful,
  • Racked,
  • most agonized,
  • more tortured,
  • most racked,
  • most tortured,
  • dis appointing,
  • un-fortunate.

• n.

  •bereaved (noun)
  • bereaved.
  •bereft (noun)
  • bereft.
  •grief-stricken (noun)
  • grief-stricken.
  •grieving (noun)
  • sorrowful,
  • sorrowing.
  •sadness (noun)
  • dis tresses,
  • dis-tress,
  • dis-tresses,
  • disconsolatenesses,
  • dis tress,
  • sorrowfulnesses,
  • dispiritednesses,
  • cheerlessnesses,
  • bleaknesses,
  • forlornnesses,
  • downcastnesses,
  • gloominesses,
  • moodinesses,
  • broken hearts,
  • the dump.
  •sorrow (noun)
  • mis-fortunes,
  • re-morses,
  • un happinesses,
  • re-morse,
  • mis fortune,
  • big troubles,
  • un-happiness,
  • re morse,
  • re morses,
  • un-happinesses,
  • mis fortunes.
  •tear/tears (noun)
  • dis-charges,
  • whimperings,
  • dis charges,
  • lachrymas,
  • dis-charge,
  • sob acts,
  • dis charge.
  •woe (noun)
  • be-moaning,
  • be moaning,
  • mis adventure,
  • mis adventures,
  • bemoanings,
  • deplorings,
  • mis-adventure,
  • mis-adventures.

• v.

  •regretting (verb)
  • Ruing,
  • repining,
  • Regretting.

• Other synonyms:

  •sobbing
  • tears.

Paraphrases for Grieving:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    sorrowing, hurting, whining, weeping, bawling.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    bereavement.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    grief, mourning, bereavement, sorrow, heartache.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    mourning, crying.

Antonyms for Grieving:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    giddy, triumphant, buoyant, happy, optimistic, rejoicing, smiling, rapturous, blithe, elated, euphoric, cheery, bright, jocund, laughing, cheerful, exulting, merry, exhilarated, hopeful, joyous, ecstatic, blithesome, jolly, encouraging, lighthearted, rhapsodic, mirthful, delighted, heady, cheering, blissful.

Grieving Sentence Examples:

• " That is what I was thinking of," replied Wenceslas, " when I refused for fear of grieving Hortense."

• Down in his heart he was grieving.