grieved

Suffered after death

Grieved is the past tense of grieve, meaning to feel deep sorrow, especially over a death or loss: She grieved for her mother.

It also describes causing someone distress: It grieved him to see the old house demolished.

As an adjective, grieved conveys hurt or offended feelings: a grieved expression, I was grieved by your accusations.

sorrowful

melancholy

Subdued, lasting sadness

woeful · forlorn · doleful · plaintive · wistful · pensive · downcast · crestfallen · heavy-hearted · sad

anguished

tormented

Subjected to severe distress

  • sufferingSustained experience of distress
  • agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
  • despairTotal absence of hope

anguish · distressed · distraught · traumatized · pained · wounded · afflicted · devastated · inconsolable · overwhelmed

bereaved

mourning

Period following loss

  • lossBeing without something
  • funeralService honoring the dead
  • widowBereaved wife, unmarried since

orphan · condolences · eulogy · memorial · obituary · deceased · wake · shiva · interment · remembrance

wronged

injustice

Denial of fair treatment

mistreated · resentful · injured · harmed · violated · betrayed · slighted · protest · indignation · unfairness

Opposites
emotional state

grieveddelighted

Feeling great pleasure

elated · happy · overjoyed · pleased · jubilant

response to loss/news

grievedrelieved

No longer anxious

comforted · celebrated · consoled · reassured · gladdened

Phrases
Family

grieve, grievance, grieving, grievous, grieves, aggrieved, grievously, aggrieve, griever

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G