as in heartbroken
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as in mourned
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we all grieved over the lost cat
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grieved
Adjective
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When Tai Shan was sent to China and separated from his parents, Nguyen was heartbroken.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025 -
And now, a heartbroken mom has gone viral on TikTok, opening up about losing her 3-year-old daughter to invasive Strep A in 2022.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Also Thursday, people mourned eight Palestinians killed by Israeli military operations in and around the city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.—
Josef Federman and Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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And yet, 32 games later, the transaction is barely mourned and hardly mentioned.—
John Romano,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But viewers, particularly younger female ones, relished their bond — and were heartsick when the stars ended their real-life romance in 2007 after two years.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2024
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The lead singer and songwriter Paul Westerberg was a punk-rock Jackson Browne, a pugilistic but ultimately heartsick poet with matinee-idol looks.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
The New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2023
Adjective
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Predictably, the fruit began to bleed red juice into the snow, creating crimson red rings around the snowman's eyes, giving him a sorrowful look.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Landman Besides the sheer sorrowful swagger and script quality of Landman, timing has proved almost everything for the Billy Bob Thornton star vehicle from Taylor Sheridan.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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How to Deep-Clean Your Hairbrush What's that grey lint covering your hairbrush?—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2025
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Nine beaches across Sydney were closed on January 14 after the marble-sized white and grey balls started washing up along the shore, leaving authorities and scientists alike stumped as to their origins.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Sunday, the Sox, who are now an impossibly bad 31-100, locked up the sixth triple-digit-loss season in their woebegone history with a 9-4 defeat at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
25 Aug. 2024
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This is what passes for epiphany for the solemn, solitary Jane, who searches for self-knowledge in a woebegone key.—
Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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She was first hit by a sedan, which knocked her to her hands and knees, and then by a light blue or gray 2003 Toyota 4Runner, which killed her, police said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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Wan-looking and wearing gray prison sweatsuits, some donned Hamas headbands given to them by the crowd and rode on supporters' shoulders.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For the scenes that take place in the Human World, the crew is going to shoot in a desolate part of Iceland.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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What's more, the plane was completely encircled by massive screens that projected high-resolution videos of desolate Alaskan wilderness.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Grieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieved. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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