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grieving

adjective as in aggrieved

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In the aftermath of the fire — as so often with disasters — grieving, homeless survivors wanted someone to blame, and Nero seemed a credible villain.

That’s the key to responsible mourning — remember that everyone grieves.

The grieving father played by Ian McShane, is a composite, as is the broken-hearted cheerleader played by Kate Mara.

This didn’t mean that I wasn’t upset when I found out her terminal diagnosis, or that I didn’t grieve for her afterward.

However, some have turned their backs on grieving families and separated children.

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You know, when Lori died, I was interested in the five stages of grieving.

He was still grieving when he texted his wife on July 18, but he gave no indication that he was feeling ill.

We see press conferences featuring grieving parents making impassioned pleas like, “Not one more.”

This weekend, thousands of people will stand in line to pay $13 for the privilege of grieving to the point of weeping.

It will take a lot of work, a lot of grieving, and a large measure of hope to see it through.

The old fire now came over him, and the elders looked round sadly one at another, grieving that they should lose such a brother.

I had been grieving so much of late that this golden opportunity would pass by; but, thank God!

Her poorer neighbours understood far more than the others could understand, how sorely she was grieving about the child.

Is it that we are neglecting the prayerful study of God's Word, and thus grieving the Spirit by whom it was inspired?

On one such inauspicious day, the young poet Junius came into a square, thronged with the grieving populace.

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On this page you'll find 534 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to grieving, such as: disturbed, oppressed, persecuted, wronged, afflicted, and depressed.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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