Grief & Death-Related Terms that Beginning With 'B'
- Begrudge (verb) - to resent someone's possessions, good fortune, or happiness.
- Begrudging (adjective) - unwilling or reluctant to give or grant something.
- Beguile (verb) - deceive or mislead (someone) into believing something that is not true.
- Beguiling (adjective) - having the ability to charm or allure.
- Belated (adjective) - coming or happening too late; delayed.
- Beleaguer (verb) - to besiege or lay siege to (a place) with armed forces.
- Belfry (noun) - a tower or steeple in which a bell or bells are hung for ringing.
- Belie (verb) - to give a false or misleading representation of; to present a false impression of
- Believe (verb) - to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something
- Belittle (verb) - to speak of or treat with contempt; to make something or someone seem less important or valuable
- Belittled (verb) - make (someone or something) appear small or unimportant
- Bequeath (verb) - to leave (property or a right) to someone in a will
- Bereaved (adjective) - having lost a loved one through death.
- Bereavement (noun) - the state of being bereaved, especially the loss of a close relative through death.
- Bereft (adjective) - deprived of or lacking something; lacking something needed or normal.
- Bereavement (noun) - the state of being bereaved, especially the loss of a close relative through death.
- Blacken (verb) - to make or become black
- Blackened (verb) - having a dark or dirty appearance or character
- Blackness (noun) - the state or quality of being black; darkness
- Blasphemy (noun) - the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk
- Blessed (adjective) - having a divine benefit or protection; enjoying happiness and good fortune
- Bliss (noun) - perfect happiness; great joy
- Bloodless (adjective) - without blood; bloodless
- Bloodshed (noun) - the shedding of blood, especially violent and unjustified killing
- Bodiless (adjective) - having no physical body
- Bog (noun) - a wetland area of soft, spongy ground, typically with peaty soil
- Bondage (noun) - the state of being a slave or being completely under the control of someone or something
- Bony (adjective) - consisting of or containing bone
- Burden (noun) - a load or weight to be carried or borne, especially a load of responsibility or worry
- Burial (noun) - the act or ceremony of burying a dead body
- Burned (verb) - to be damaged or destroyed by fire