plural grievers
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: a person who is experiencing grief (as because of bereavement)
Antidepressants do not ease the longing for the deceased that grievers feel.—
Virginia Hughes
Virginia HughesStudies now show that, although some grievers may progress through these stages just as Kubler-Ross outlined, many don't. … In reality, the grief process looks a lot less like a neat set of stages and a lot more like a rollercoaster of emotions.—David B. Feldman
David B. Feldman2
US
: one who has or expresses a grievance
On the afternoon of May 28, resident Rick Grant told The Enterprise as he waited with other grievers in the town hall's town-board room for his turn before a board, "We all want the same thing: Be real on the taxes, do a proper assessment, a fair assessment."—The Altamont Enterprise
The Altamont EnterpriseMr. Moseley is a union "griever," or shop steward as he would be called in some unions, handling union members' complaints against his employer …—Alex Kotlowitz
Alex KotlowitzExamples of griever in a Sentence
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Moffa has wisdom to offer all grievers and even the most seasoned clinicians.
—Meghan Riordan Jarvis, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
This is in stark contrast to practices elsewhere—the Day of the Dead in Mexico; the Japanese Buddhist festival of Obon, which honors ancestral spirits—that prepare grievers to carry a loss for their entire lives.
—Cody Delistraty, The New Yorker, 22 June 2024
Keep in mind that the grieving process is unique to the griever.
—Claire Gillespie, Health, 9 Nov. 2023
This is why Latine death doulas and grief workers, who grew up around death ceremonies and thus feel more comfortable discussing grief and supporting grievers, encourage more expansive perspectives on death.
—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2023
Throughout, the author toggles between writing directly to an imagined reader, often a compatriot griever, and apostrophically addressing her dead friend.
—Tahneer Oksman, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
Grief support groups are specific to the age of the griever, length of time since the death and the relationship to the person who died.
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022
There is little doubt that Joe Biden is a world-class griever.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 26 May 2022
Migratory grief can also be a disenfranchised grief, one in which the griever’s feelings might be dismissed because society doesn’t understand them.
—Sheon Han, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2022
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Meghan Riordan Jarvis, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
This is in stark contrast to practices elsewhere—the Day of the Dead in Mexico; the Japanese Buddhist festival of Obon, which honors ancestral spirits—that prepare grievers to carry a loss for their entire lives.
—Cody Delistraty, The New Yorker, 22 June 2024
Keep in mind that the grieving process is unique to the griever.
—Claire Gillespie, Health, 9 Nov. 2023
This is why Latine death doulas and grief workers, who grew up around death ceremonies and thus feel more comfortable discussing grief and supporting grievers, encourage more expansive perspectives on death.
—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2023
Throughout, the author toggles between writing directly to an imagined reader, often a compatriot griever, and apostrophically addressing her dead friend.
—Tahneer Oksman, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
Grief support groups are specific to the age of the griever, length of time since the death and the relationship to the person who died.
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022
There is little doubt that Joe Biden is a world-class griever.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 26 May 2022
Migratory grief can also be a disenfranchised grief, one in which the griever’s feelings might be dismissed because society doesn’t understand them.
—Sheon Han, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2022
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“Griever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/griever. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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