bereaved
Suffering loved one's loss
Bereaved describes someone who has recently lost a loved one to death.
The word carries formal weight, appearing in condolence messages and obituaries: We offer our sympathies to the bereaved family.
As a noun, the bereaved refers collectively to those mourning a death.
The related noun bereavement names the state of loss itself.
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
- widowerMan whose wife died
- orphanChild whose parents died
- heirOne who receives legacy
- kinshipState of being related
family · descendant · inheritance · estate · beneficiary · dependent · guardian · custody
Overwhelmed by profound loss
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- bereftDeprived through loss
mourning · sorrowing · lamenting · heartache · despair · woe · desolate · forlorn
Having lost one's spouse
- orphanedDeprived of parents
- childlessLacking any offspring
- survivorOne still alive after
- bereftDeprived through loss
deprived · void · emptiness · absence · robbed · dispossessed · left-behind · surviving
Service honoring the dead
- wakePath left in water
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
- eulogyTribute for the dead
shiva · obituary · interment · vigil · requiem · burial · cremation · visitation
Wanting companionship
- isolatedSeparated from others
- aloneWithout others present
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
detached · alienated · estranged · lonesome · secluded · abandoned · desolate · cut-off
Expressions of grief support
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- consolationComfort during distress
- comfortEase or soothing relief
solace · support · caring · kindness · understanding · companionship · heartfelt · tenderness
widow
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
kinship · family · descendant · inheritance · estate · beneficiary · dependent · guardian · custody
grief-stricken
Overwhelmed by profound loss
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
bereft · mourning · sorrowing · lamenting · heartache · despair · woe · desolate · forlorn · inconsolable
widowed
Having lost one's spouse
bereft · deprived · void · emptiness · absence · robbed · dispossessed · left-behind · surviving · fatherless
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- wakePath left in water
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
eulogy · shiva · obituary · interment · vigil · requiem · burial · cremation · visitation · remembrance
lonely
Wanting companionship
withdrawn · detached · alienated · estranged · lonesome · secluded · abandoned · desolate · cut-off · numb
condolences
Expressions of grief support
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- consolationComfort during distress
comfort · solace · support · caring · kindness · understanding · companionship · heartfelt · tenderness · warmth
- Jewish mourningshiva, shivah, yahrzeit, sitting shiva, mourning
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, wake, grieving
- mournersmourner, griever, mourners, grieving parent, grievers
- funeral rolespallbearer, mourner, officiant, funeral director, eulogist
- bereavement leaveWork absence for mourning
- bereaved parentOne who lost a child
- bereaved familiesRelatives of the deceased
- bereavement supportHelp for those mourning
- bereavement careAid for the grieving
- bereavement payWages during mourning leave