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Things bereavement often describes ("bereavement ________")
How bereavement often is described ("________ bereavement")
- adult
- uncomplicated
- maternal
- irreparable
- terrible
- sudden
- vicarious
- anticipatory
- mournful
- grievous
- cruel
- deep
- marital
- adolescent
- traumatic
- painful
- great
- acute
- cultural
- perinatal
- late
- heavy
- normal
- fresh
- afflictive
- life
- overwhelming
- sad
- awful
- difficult
- saddest
- melancholy
- dreadful
- mutual
- afflicting
- bitter
- own
- national
- sore
- double
- personal
- unexpected
- domestic
- untimely
- adaptive
- abnormal
- intense
- conjugal
- pathological
- violent
- sorrowful
- greatest
- impending
- spousal
- recent
- related
- post
- distressing
- perpetual
- profound
- parental
- utter
- tragic
- complicated
- unresolved
- early
- severe
- subsequent
- midlife
- prolonged
