mourning

mourning
n
1. sorrowing, lamentation, grieving, lamenting, groaning, moaning, bemoaning, bewailing; wailing, howling, keening, Yiddish. kvitching; crying, weeping, sobbing, bawling; complaint, Archaic. plaint, moan, groan; keen, wail, ululation, howl; cry, outcry, bawl, jeremiad; fit of crying, flood of tears, tears, lachrymation; pulling one's hair, rending one's clothes or garments, beating one's chest, crying out in sorrow, Inf. singing the blues; murmuring, whimpering, sighing, suspirating.
2. bereavement, heaviness of heart, desolation, despondency, despair, slough of despair, moroseness, melancholy; anguish, misery, sorrow, sadness, woe, ruth, heartache, heartbreak; ache, hurt, pain, suffering.
3. funeral trappings, black garments, black veil, weeds, widow's weeds, mourning band, black armband, sackcloth and ashes.

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  • Mourning — Mourn ing, n. [AS. murnung.] 1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow. [1913 Webster] 2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. [1913 Webster] The houses to their tops with …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Mourning — Not to be confused with Morning. Margarita Teresa of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, in mourning, 1666; her brother, the young king Charles II of Spain appears behind her with his attendants wearing mourning dress …   Wikipedia

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