Mourning

  • 21mourning — mourningly, adv. /mawr ning, mohr /, n. 1. the act of a person who mourns; sorrowing or lamentation. 2. the conventional manifestation of sorrow for a person s death, esp. by the wearing of black clothes or a black armband, the hanging of flags… …

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  • 22mourning — Synonyms and related words: anguish, bemoaning, bereavement, bewailing, black, crape, cypress, cypress lawn, deep mourning, desolation, despair, despondency, grief, grieving, heartache, howling, in mourning, keening, lament, lamentation,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 23Mourning — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Mourning (homonymie). Couverture de la partition Mourning est une œuvre pour alto et quatuor à cordes composée …

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  • 24mourning — noun 1) a period of mourning Syn: grief, grieving, sorrowing, lamentation, lament, keening, wailing, weeping 2) she was dressed in mourning Syn: black (clothes), (widow s) weeds; archaic sables …

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  • 25mourning — /ˈmɔnɪŋ / (say mawning) noun 1. the act of someone who mourns; sorrowing or lamentation. 2. the conventional manifestation of sorrow for a person s death, especially by the wearing of black, the hanging of flags at half mast, etc. 3. the outward… …

  • 26mourning —   Mākena, paumākō; mānewanewa, pānewanewa (extravagantly, as before Christianity or for a chief).    ♦ Period of mourning, ka akūmākena.    ♦ Go mourning, ū hele …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 27Mourning — Mourn Mourn (m[=o]rn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mourned} (m[=o]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mourning}.] [AS. murnan; akin to OS. mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. ma[ u]rnan.] 1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28mourning — noun /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/ a) The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation. ‘Im bored. I cant go out anywhere because its too soon and I have to wear this disgusting mourning.’ b) Feeling or expressing sorrow over someones death …

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  • 29mourning — mourn·ing (morґning) 1. the normal psychological processes that follow the loss of a loved one; grief is the accompanying emotional state. Four phases have been described: a short phase of numbness and denial, followed by a phase of yearning and… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 30MOURNING —    RITUALS which accompany death. Most religious TRADITIONS make some allowance for a period of mourning which helps the bereaved come to terms with the death of a loved one, close friend or relative …

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