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grievant

grievant

9.9
Causing deep sadness
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡriːvənt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : doloroso
  • The news of her passing was truly grievant, leaving everyone in mourning.

Examples

  • Such grievant news spread quickly through the small village.

  • The poem described a grievant farewell between old friends.

  • They recalled the grievant losses from the war with heavy hearts.

  • The grievant expressed deep sorrow over the loss.

  • After the tragic event, many became grievant.

  • His grievant expression showed how much the loss affected him.

  • They shared a grievant moment, recalling the happy times they had together.

Synonyms

grievous
vsgrievant
  • Formal
26 7.9

Causing great pain or sorrow

is more about causing or showing sorrow rather than general severity
grievable
vsgrievant
8.0

Causing deep sadness that people feel and mourn

is about causing or expressing sorrow not about being mourned
grieving
vsgrievant
3.4

Feeling very sad after someone you love dies

is about causing or showing sorrow rather than inward feeling

Antonyms

joyful
70 1.0

Feeling or showing great happiness

uplifting
1 4.1

A rise of land, water, or air to a higher level

How Sorrowful

tragic
367 3.4
grievous
  • Formal
26 7.9
grievant
  • Archaic
9.9
sorrowful
14 3.6
sad
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

grievant positive

Morphology

grievant = grieve (semi-transparent) = grieve + ant

Direct adjectival formation from 'grieve' with '-ant' yields the meaning 'causing or expressing grief', but this adjective is archaic/rare in modern usage.

Etymology

The adjective grievant comes from the same root grav-, meaning 'heavy' or 'serious', and is like the words grief and grave. So calling news or loss grievant means it causes deep sorrow or makes people feel heavy with grief.