griever
One who sorrows
A griever is someone who mourns or experiences grief, typically over a death: The support group welcomed new grievers.
The word emphasizes the ongoing state of mourning rather than a single moment of loss.
In some online gaming communities, griever is an alternate spelling of griefer—a player who deliberately harasses others.
One who grieves
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
- widowerMan whose wife died
- orphanChild whose parents died
- survivorOne still alive after
next of kin · family · loved ones · executor · heir · beneficiary · estate · inheritance
Service honoring the dead
- wakePath left in water
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- shivaJewish week of mourning
sitting shiva · mourning period · interment · burial · cremation · eulogy · obituary · pallbearer
Deep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
- distraughtDeeply agitated by grief
- inconsolableUnable to be comforted
forlorn · devastated · bereft · tormented · afflicted · pained · tearful · weeping
mourner
One who grieves
survivor · next of kin · family · loved ones · executor · heir · beneficiary · estate · inheritance · probate
funeral
Service honoring the dead
shiva · sitting shiva · mourning period · interment · burial · cremation · eulogy · obituary · pallbearer · hearse
heartache
Deep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
- distraughtDeeply agitated by grief
inconsolable · forlorn · devastated · bereft · tormented · afflicted · pained · tearful · weeping · sobbing
- expressive peopleemoter, drama queen, diva, prima donna, extrovert
- mournersmourner, mourners, widow, bereaved, widower
- grumpsgrouch, grump, curmudgeon, sourpuss, crank
grievercelebrant
One who observes festivities
rejoicer · reveler · merrymaker · celebrator · well-wisher
- airing grievances
- petty grievances
- grieving process
- grieving motherParent mourning lost offspring
- grieving parentOne mourning lost offspring
- aired grievances
grieve, grievance, grieving, grieved, grieves, aggrieved, aggrieve, grievances, grievers