condolence
Words for mourners
Condolence is an expression of sympathy for someone experiencing grief or misfortune, especially after a death.
The word appears most often in the plural: Please accept my condolences.
To offer condolences or pay condolences is to express sympathy formally, whether in person, by card, or at a funeral.
Intense sorrow from loss
- lossBeing without something
- mourningPeriod following loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- eulogyTribute for the dead
wake · memorial · remembrance · obituary · deceased · burial · interment · graveside
Words meant to calm
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- reliefEasing of distress
- balmHealing topical preparation
- succorHelp given in distress
ease · peace · warmth · gentleness · tenderness · caring · kindness · nurture
Concern for others' distress
- empathySharing another's emotions
- commiserationPity expressed for suffering
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- fellow-feelingSympathetic emotional connection
pity · sensitivity · thoughtfulness · consideration · heartfelt · sincerity · humanity · concern
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
eulogy · wake · memorial · remembrance · obituary · deceased · burial · interment · graveside · cemetery
reassurance
Words meant to calm
succor · ease · peace · warmth · gentleness · tenderness · caring · kindness · nurture · support
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- empathySharing another's emotions
- commiserationPity expressed for suffering
- understandingMental comprehension of something
fellow-feeling · pity · sensitivity · thoughtfulness · consideration · heartfelt · sincerity · humanity · concern · solidarity
card
Stiff paper rectangle
wreath · tribute · sentiment · words · note · gesture · visit · call · hug · embrace
- mourning customsfuneral, funeral service, wake, visitation, burial
- Japanese funeralsBuddhist funeral, cremation, wake, funeral, crematorium
- Jewish mourningshiva, shivah, yahrzeit, sitting shiva, mourning
- social interactiongreeting, hello, goodbye, hi, bye
- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
condolencecongratulation
Praise for accomplishment
felicitation · celebration · congratulations · well-wishing · compliment
condolenceschadenfreude
Delight in others' misfortune
callousness · cruelty · heartlessness · cold-heartedness · gloating
- my condolencesExpression of shared sorrow
- heartfelt condolencesSincere expressions of grief
- offer one's condolencesExpress sympathy for loss
- condolence cardsMessages acknowledging someone's loss
- condolence letterWritten expression of sympathy
- condolence call