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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
  • Monét began her tweet with five heartbroken emojis.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Animal lovers have been left heartbroken by a dog who has already been adopted and returned to the shelter twice in her young life.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of heartbroken
Verb
  • In the years since her death, her bandmates and fans have mourned her and upheld her legacy.
    Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • In comments on the brewery’s posts, customers mourned its closure and the shutdown of other craft breweries in the area in recent months.
    Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 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
  • An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time — one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.
    Austin Curtright, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
  • His samples are full of vibrating guitars, sorrowful organs, and cascading drums.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of sorrowful
Adjective
  • This, instead, is a frozen grey winterscape of street shadows and perpetual darkness, with appropriate overtones of psychological horror.
    The Week UK, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Her skin is grey and cracked, her hair is sticking every which way, and she’s got a feral air about her.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of grey
Adjective
  • 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
  • Beginning his act while seated in the audience, with a cowboy hat obscuring his impossibly angular features, Gosling was in character as the woebegone Ken, a macho hunk doomed to play beta in the toy netherworld of Barbie.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
Definition of woebegone
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Springsteen wore a red and gray flannel coat, dark blue jeans, dark boots, a gray scarf and black Wayfarer sunglasses.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • What is the most popular color for a house exterior? Among homeowners painting exterior wall colors, Sargsyan shares that the 2024 US Houzz Outdoor Trends Study found neutrals are the top choice, specifically white (23%), gray (19%) and beige (10%).
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of gray
Adjective
  • The rolling hills of Laikipia, located on the equator, give way to the vast, desolate sand dunes of the Suguta Valley below, before lakes flooded with flamingos come into view.
    Shaun Stanley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Pedro Páramo, which is considered one of the two frontrunners to represent Mexico at the Academy Awards, transports its audience to Comala, where a desolate Mexican town hauntingly blurs the lines between life and death.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of desolate
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