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Bereavement

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death

📖 Definitions of "Bereavement"

noun

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The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death

🔄 Synonyms of "Bereavement"

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Word	Definition
mourningnoun	Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bereavement"

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Word	Definition
mourningnoun	Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
griefnoun	Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
sorrownoun	(uncountable) unhappiness, woe
grievingnoun	An act or instance of feeling or expressing grief.
grievenoun	(chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
mournnoun	(now literary) Sorrow, grief.
afflictionnoun	A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
painnoun	(countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
spitenoun	Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
lossnoun	(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
deathnoun	The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
passingnoun	The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
fatalitynoun	Death.
widownoun	A person who has lost a spouse and not remarried:
brothernoun	Son of the same parents as another person.
deathsnoun	The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
fatalitiesnoun	Death.
dolornoun	(American spelling) Alternative spelling of dolour. [(chiefly uncountable, literary) Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.]
lamentationnoun	The act of lamenting.
distressnoun	Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.