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grieving

/ˈɡɹiːvɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
griev-ing
IPA
/ˈɡɹiːvɪŋ/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Feeling or showing sorrow or distress due to loss, especially the death of someone.

noun

An act or instance of feeling or expressing grief.

verb

present participle and gerund of grieve

Inflected Forms

grievings (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

grief grievance grieve

Synonyms

mourning bereaved bereft grief-stricken sorrowing

Rhymes With

leaving receiving believing achieving weaving relieving deceiving self-deceiving retrieving heaving perceiving conceiving

Questions

How do you pronounce grieving?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹiːvɪŋ/.
What does grieving mean?
Feeling or showing sorrow or distress due to loss, especially the death of someone.

How to pronounce grieving

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