bereaving
Causing profound loss
Bereaving is the act of depriving someone of a loved one through death.
The word emphasizes the loss inflicted rather than the grief experienced: The accident bereaving her of both parents left her an orphan at twelve.
The past participle bereaved describes those who have suffered such loss, while bereft extends to any profound deprivation.
Deep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
woe · misery · melancholy · desolation · suffering · torment · pain · emptiness
Service honoring the dead
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- wakePath left in water
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
sympathy · remembrance · obituary · interment · vigil · shiva · dirge · black
State of not being
- voidWithout legal effect
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- separationState of being apart
- disconnectionState of being severed
detachment · abandonment · privation · losing · departed · gone · missing · taken
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
devastation · woe · misery · melancholy · desolation · suffering · torment · pain · emptiness · heartbreak
funeral
Service honoring the dead
condolences · sympathy · remembrance · obituary · interment · vigil · shiva · dirge · black · widow
absence
State of not being
- voidWithout legal effect
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- separationState of being apart
disconnection · detachment · abandonment · privation · losing · departed · gone · missing · taken · stolen
bereavingcomforting
Giving emotional ease
consoling · gladdening · rejoicing · enriching · fulfilling
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