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mourning

[mawr-ning, mohr-]

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noun

the act of a person who mourns; sorrowing or lamentation.

the conventional manifestation of sorrow for a person's death, especially by the wearing of black clothes or a black armband, the hanging of flags at half-mast, etc.

the outward symbols of such sorrow, as black garments.

the period or interval during which a person grieves or formally expresses grief, as by wearing black garments.

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adjective

of, pertaining to, or used in mourning.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English (noun, adj.); Old English murnung (noun). See mourn, -ing¹, -ing²

Related forms

mourn·ing·ly, adverb

un·mourn·ing, adjective

Antonyms
1. rejoicing.

Example Sentences

Mourning the dead took all night in one tiny neighborhood this evening.

Not everyone is mourning the decline of tenure, though.

She has continued to dress mainly in black during a long period of public mourning.

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Mourning the dead took all night in one tiny neighborhood this evening.

Not everyone is mourning the decline of tenure, though.

She has continued to dress mainly in black during a long period of public mourning.

Mourning doves, cactus wrens, and hundreds of bees sip from the edges.

He is saying that one of the common reasons for hallucinating is stress or mourning the death of a loved one.

Cactus wrens call and mourning doves flutter in and out of the skirts.

We can be grateful that fewer military families are mourning a loss from this decade's wars.

However, there are certain stages to the process of mourning.

But he has pulled out of the race for the agriculture job, and they are in mourning.

The official mourning process is still an almost daily ritual.

Mourning sites dedicated to people, and every day their friends come and write to them.

Just because you're mourning doesn't mean you're a sap.

Female's voice is higher pitched, closer to a mourning dove's.

If you hit that, the whole country will be in mourning.

The decencies of mourning mean that media and political opponents are behaving gently.

He's had a lonely life, isn't good at anything and is in mourning for his grandfather.

He is mourning his mother's recent death and throughout he is haunted by memories of her and of his dead sister and father.

His death, however, was marked by a state funeral and seven days of official mourning.

In mourning the death of a man who stood up to extremists, let us not forget who got this snowball rolling.

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We have a lot of mourning doves here but few pigeons.

But on weekends, when there are no funerals, grief and mourning become more free-form.

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Good morning becomes static, but good mourning becomes electra.

After a successful birth, opting not to breast-feed may trigger evolved mourning behaviors.

Instead a black pall of mourning hangs over the capital.

On the bull's burial day, city residents surged into the streets to observe this occasion of national mourning.

In one corner, mourning women swung in hammocks arranged in a tight triangle around a smoldering fire.

We engage in systematic mourning and funeral rites to remove the deceased and his remains from our immediate awareness.

People who attend mourning ceremonies in government offices are rewarded with free food.

Layton had and that is why the country is mourning him.

These woeful tykes, dressed in black, are mourning their dead mother.

Many are mourning his death but the rationalists are thinking it was long overdue.

Ethiopia drenched in blood and mourning and cry of parents, families of the deceased were common.

So instead of mourning or victory laps, offer some hope for this new change.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used without object)

to feel or express sorrow or grief.

to grieve or lament for the dead.

to show the conventional or usual signs of sorrow over a person's death.

verb (used with object)

to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.

to grieve or lament over (the dead).

to utter in a sorrowful manner.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English mo(u)rnen, Old English murnan; cognate with Old High German mornēn, Old Norse morna, Gothic maurnan

Related forms

o·ver·mourn, verb

un·mourned, adjective

Synonyms
1. bewail, bemoan. See grieve.

Antonyms
1. laugh, rejoice.

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World English Dictionary

mourning (ˈmɔːnɪŋ)

—n
1.	the act or feelings of one who mourns; grief
2.	the conventional symbols of grief, such as the wearing of black
3.	the period of time during which a death is officially mourned
4.	in mourning observing the conventions of mourning

—*adj*
5.	of or relating to mourning

'mourningly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

mourn

O.E. murnan "to mourn," also "be anxious, be careful" (class III strong verb; past tense mearn, pp. murnen), from P.Gmc. *murnanan (cf. O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan "to mourn," O.N. morna "to pine away"), perhaps from PIE *smer- "to remember," or, if the O.N. sense is the base one, from *mer- "to die,

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wither." Related: Mourned; mourning.

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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

mourning

formal demonstration of grief at the death of a person, practiced in most societies. Mourners are usually relatives, although they may be friends or members of the community. Mourning rites, which are of varying duration and rationale, usually weigh more heavily on women than on men. Mourners may deny themselves certain amusement, ornaments, or food. They may practice sexual continence or keep vigil over the body of the deceased. Changes in garb, such as black robes, and alterations in hairstyle may distinguish mourners, but such evidences of mourning have declined in many societies.

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