Bereavement synonyms and antonyms

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grief (related)
Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]
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loss
Loss is defined as having something or someone leave or be taken away from you, a feeling of grief when something is gone, or a decline in money.
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mourning
The period during which a death is mourned.
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death (related)
A manner of dying:
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deprivation
(Uncountable) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
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affliction
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
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distress
(Cause of) discomfort.
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sorrow
Earnest repentance; contrition
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birth (antonym)
Noble or high status:
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trauma (related)
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Bereavement Sentence Examples

  • Public calamity was added to private bereavement.

  • The public was at first greatly mystified by the nature and object of this poem, which was not merely a chronicle of Tennyson's emotions under bereavement, nor even a statement of his philosophical and religious beliefs, but, as he long afterwards explained, a sort of Divina Commedia, ending with happiness in the marriage of his youngest sister, Cecilia Lushington.

  • Never, since the death of Washington, had there been in the United States such a universal expression of public sorrow and bereavement.

  • Many are reactions to normal life events e.g. bereavement or marital breakdown.

  • Mixed in with the loneliness of bereavement, Naomi felt abandoned, helpless, without hope and in despair.

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