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mourning

[ mawr-ning, mohr- ]

noun

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

    Antonyms: rejoicing

  2. 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.
  3. the outward symbols of such sorrow, as black garments.
  4. the period or interval during which a person grieves or formally expresses grief, as by wearing black garments.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or used in mourning.

mourning

/ ˈmɔːnɪŋ /

noun

  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


adjective

  1. of or relating to mourning

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Derived Forms

  • ˈmourningly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • mourning·ly adverb
  • un·mourning adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mourning1

before 900; Middle English (noun, adj.); Old English murnung (noun). See mourn, -ing 1, -ing 2

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Example Sentences

He said that the NYPD will be in deepest mourning this Christmas season.

The late-November hacking of Sony, perhaps the most vicious episode of its kind, comes at the end of the period of mourning.

Now that the Confucian-inspired mourning period is over, the son is free to embark on his own programs and policies.

Soon after Abu Ein died, the Palestinian Authority announced three days of mourning.

A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.

The farewell and the mourning are finished by the slaughter of dogs, that the dying man may have forerunners in the other world.

I am thankful that prolonged mourning is out of date; it made a fright of me and was getting on my nerves.

Indeed, it made me understand for the first time that even a Bank Holiday need not be a day of wrath and mourning.

Looking through this hole, the king perceived an old man weeping, a man in mourning garb singing, and a nun or widow dancing.

Then through a hole in the door I saw an old man crying, a dancing nun, and a man in mourning singing.

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