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Mourning definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOURNING, ppr. Grieving; lamenting; sorrowing; wearing the appearance of sorrow.
MOURNING, n. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.
1. The dress or customary habit worn by mourners.
And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" [syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing] n
1: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one [syn: mourning, bereavement]
2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: lamentation, mourning]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 13th century 1. the act of sorrowing 2. a. an outward sign (as black clothes or an armband) of grief for a person's death b. a period of time during which signs of grief are shown

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the expression of deep sorrow, esp. for a dead person, by the wearing of solemn dress. 2 the clothes worn in mourning. Phrases and idioms: in mourning assuming the signs of mourning, esp. in dress. mourning-band a band of black crape etc. round a person's sleeve or hat as a token of mourning. mourning dove an American dove with a plaintive note, Zenaida macroura. mourning-paper notepaper with a black edge. mourning-ring a ring worn as a memorial of a deceased person.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mourn Mourn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mourned; 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 in a state of grief or sadness. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. --Gen. xxiii. 2. 2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner. We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood? --Shak. Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year. --Pope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mourning Mourn"ing, n. [AS. murnung.] 1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow. 2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. The houses to their tops with black were spread, And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid. --Dryden. Deep mourning. See under Deep.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mourning Mourn"ing, a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. 2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like. Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads. Mourning dove (Zo["o]l.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust. under Dove. Mourning warbler (Zo["o]l.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Mourning is behaviour in which you show sadness about a person's death. Expect to feel angry, depressed and confused. It's all part of the mourning process... 2. If you are in mourning, you are dressed or behaving in a particular way because someone you love or respect has died. Yesterday the whole of Greece was in mourning... PHRASE: usu v-link PHR

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

morn'-ing.

See BURIAL; GRIEF.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Lamentation, sorrow, grief. 2. Weeds, symbol of sorrow.

Moby Thesaurus

anguish, bemoaning, bereavement, bewailing, black, crape, cypress, cypress lawn, deep mourning, desolation, despair, despondency, grief, grieving, heartache, howling, in mourning, keening, lament, lamentation, lamenting, loss, melancholy, misery, moaning, mourning band, sackcloth, sackcloth and ashes, sadness, sorrow, sorrowing, ululation, wailing, weeds, weeping, woe, woefulness, yew