What is another word for Bereavements?

Pronunciation: [bɪɹˈiːvmənts] (IPA)

Bereavements refer to the experience of losing someone close to you due to death. Although the word 'bereavement' is commonly used to express grief, there are numerous synonyms that can be used interchangeably depending on the context and formality of the language used. Some of the synonyms for 'bereavements' include mourning, sorrow, lamentation, tribulation, affliction, anguish, and desolation. Expressions such as 'to be in mourning', 'sorrowful event', and 'losing a loved one' can also be used to describe the experience of bereavement. It is important to consider the context and audience when communicating the experience of losing a loved one to ensure that the most appropriate synonyms are used.

What are the hypernyms for Bereavements?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Bereavements

Nor is surcease of sorrow thus brought to the man to whom has come a bereavement, or a succession of Bereavements, which makes him feel that all the glory and joy of life, its friendship and love and hope, have gone down into the grave, so that he can say, Three dead men have I loved, And thou wert last of the three.
"Friendship"
Hugh Black
When Owen reached the carpenter's, there were several people there; some, standing moodily brooding over recent Bereavements; others, spoke in low whispers, as if fearful of disturbing the silence; but all were sorrow-struck and sad.
"St. Patrick's Eve"
Charles James Lever
It could not be said that in three weeks he forgot Alice, or had begun to forget her; but he had begun to reconcile himself to his fate, as people do in their Bereavements by death.
"April Hopes"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009

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