mourning

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of mourn

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.
2. (countable, uncountable) Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
3. (countable, uncountable) The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
4. (countable, uncountable) Drapes or coverings associated with mourning.

mourn

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

lamentation

grief

grieving

sorrow

weeping

sorrowing

seclusion

condolence

funeral

wailing

bereaved

crying

lamenting

bereavement

sympathy

sadness

grief-stricken

memorial

bereft

be in mourning

sad

☹️

mournful

wail

period of mourning

unhappiness

woe

woman

👩

yearning

mourning dress

deploration

lamentation Spec.

mournfuless

profession of a hired mourner

death. funeral

sableness

affliction

lamentatio

consolation

coronach

distressed

dole

elegiac

funereal

greet

grieved

inheritance

lugubrious

moaning

mourner

mournfulness

Translations

deuil

Trauer

luto

lutto

rouw

πένθος

luto

quarantaine

duelo

πένθιμος

cordoglio

ağıt

nojo

trauernd

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmoɹnɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, mourn + -ing.