Down and Grieving

Down

Down adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: feeling a bit down

Grieving and down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grieving" instead an adjective "Down".

Nearby Word: downed

Grieving

Grieving adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.

Down and grieving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down" instead an adjective "Grieving".

Nearby Words: grievous, grievance, grieve, grief, grieved

Both words in one sentence

  • Disney / Frozen On a more serious note, when Anna and Elsa are grieving for their parents' death, they sit down and hug their legs close to their chest in the same way.
  • Truth is that they are all sad and grieving, especially Kash, they just decide to force on the more important, and still imminent, threats instead of breaking down into tears like Yuri did in schock.
    Source: No Sympathy
  • Western Animation / Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Harry is still grieving over the death of his father, Norman, thinking that Spider-Man killed him and Peter is unable to tell him how it really went down.
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