Synonyms of the word

bereavement

• n. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.

mourning

• v. present participle of mourn.
• n. The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.
• n. Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
• n. The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
• n. Drapes or coverings associated with mourning.

sadness

• n. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
• n. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.

sorrow

• n. (uncountable) unhappiness, woe.
• n. (countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
• v. (intransitive) To feel or express grief.
• v. (transitive) To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.

sorrowfulness

• n. The quality or state of sorrow; sadness.