Mourning

Quick meaning: Mourning is a noun meaning The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.

Meaning

The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.

More Meanings

1. Specifically, the act of expressing or feeling sorrow regarding a death or loss.
2. The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
3. A drape or covering associated with mourning.
4. present participle and gerund of mourn
5. A social state or period that acknowledges a recent bereavement, which may involve social withdrawal, the observance of customs or rituals related to bereavement, etc.

Example Sentences

The houses to their tops with black were spread, / And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.

‘I'm bored. I can't go out anywhere because it's too soon and I have to wear this disgusting mourning.’

A blind bearing the monogram G.V.T. is pulled down over the waiting room window as if still in mourning for the passing of the railway.

"My greatest wish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it."

Word Forms

• mournings

Synonyms for mourning

Depending on context, synonyms include bereft, bereaved, bereavement, grieving, sorrowing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grieving, sorrowful, sorrowing, bereavement, bereft, bereaved.

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