grieved 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of grievednext
as in heartbroken

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grieved

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verb

past tense of grieve
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
  1. heartbroken
  2. mourned
  3. heartsick
  4. sorrowful
  5. grey
  6. woebegone
  7. gray
  8. desolate
Adjective
  • Reason Dog Was Returned To Shelter Breaks Hearts: ‘Please Don’t Leave Me’ By Maria Azzurra Volpe Life and Trends Reporter 2 A pup named Valentina was returned to a shelter just before the holidays, and her heartbroken face has gone viral on social media.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Grimes became an orphan a year later at age 15, when her heartbroken father was killed in a car accident.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of heartbroken
Verb
  • On this day, in an Assad-free Damascus, he is mourned loudly by hundreds in a funeral procession that starts at the hospital where he was identified and ends at his final resting place.
    Claire Harbage, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Throughout the six-episode second-half of Season 5, people mourned, investigators investigated, and killers were brought to frontier justice.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of mourned
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of heartsick
Adjective
  • Added to this inventory are a set of gilded organ pipes and stained glass panels adorned with sorrowful lilies.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Book Club Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren ★★★★☆ A beautiful yet sorrowful tale of young love, loss, and second chances between two childhood friends.
    Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of sorrowful
Adjective
  • Filling the next flight are eight empty grey steps without any wording.
    Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Other functions are in a grey area — one of these is the Transportation Security Administration under the Department of Homeland Security.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of grey
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of woebegone
Adjective
  • The best-selling pair is available in three colorways — black, heather gray, and navy — and is made for three different size groups — a 30-inch inseam designed for petite shoppers, a 32-inch inseam, and a plus-size style that’s quickly selling out.
    Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • While Kardashian dressed in the holiday spirit in a Mrs. Claus outfit, Barker opted for a gray hoodie.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of gray
Adjective
  • By the time Rip and Lloyd dump Jamie’s body and set his car ablaze in a desolate field in Iowa, her cover story is validated, and warrants are issued against Jamie for aggravated assault and domestic violence.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
  • At the same time, the Russians should know best about the desolate state of affairs inside the Syrian security and military apparatus.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of desolate
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