grievable
Deserving of sorrow
Grievable describes something that can be grieved—either a loss worthy of mourning or, in legal and workplace contexts, a complaint that qualifies for formal grievance procedures.
The first sense asks whether a death or loss merits grief: Are some lives more grievable than others?
The second is bureaucratic: The policy change is grievable under the union contract.
Intense mental suffering
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- woeGreat sorrow or distress
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
suffering · distress · torment · agony · weeping · sobbing · tearful · desolation
Deserving of sorrow
- deplorableDeserving strong disapproval
- woefulExtremely sad or pitiful
- unfortunateDeserving of pity
- pitiableDeserving sympathetic sorrow
distressing · tragic · pathetic · wretched · dismal · sad · sorrowful · mournful
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- funeralService honoring the dead
- eulogyTribute for the dead
condolences · remembrance · memorial · obituary · wake · interment · casket · hearse
anguish
Intense mental suffering
misery · suffering · distress · torment · agony · weeping · sobbing · tearful · desolation · despair
regrettable
Deserving of sorrow
- deplorableDeserving strong disapproval
- woefulExtremely sad or pitiful
- unfortunateDeserving of pity
pitiable · distressing · tragic · pathetic · wretched · dismal · sad · sorrowful · mournful · elegiac
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- funeralService honoring the dead
eulogy · condolences · remembrance · memorial · obituary · wake · interment · casket · hearse · widow
grievableunlamented
Not grieved over
disposable · expendable · worthless · insignificant · dehumanized
grievableforgettable
Unlikely to be recalled
trivial · inconsequential · negligible · unmemorable · unremarkable
grief, grieve, grievance, grieving, grievous, grieved, grieves, aggrieved, aggrieve