verb
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To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
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To utter in a sorrowful manner.
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To wear mourning.
noun
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The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.
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Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
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The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
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Drapes or coverings associated with mourning.
Examples of mourning in a Sentence
She showered and left her room, mourning the loss of her last good friend.
He doesn't get that I'm not going to waste my time mourning when I can live.
I will not be offended if you choose to spend the day in mourning, my friend.
A Country and Western singer was mourning a lost love on Fred's mini boom box.
Perhaps the use of ashes in mourning had the same origin.
She was promptly chased away by the mourning women and sulked off to her spot in the window.
When a loved one dies, it's hard enough to deal with the mourning.
The idea of communicating with the departed was naturally attractive even to the merely curious, still more to those who were mourning for lost friends, and most of all to those who believed that this was the commencement of a new revelation.
He was buried in Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh; and his death was the occasion of national mourning in Scotland.
Was this passage written when Aristotle was mourning for his friend?
On the 2nd of June 1882 his death at Caprera plunged Italy into mourning.
Among Greeks and Arabs, mourners also cut themselves with knives and scratched their faces; the Hebrew law forbade such mourning, and we find the prohibition repeated in many canons of the Eastern churches.
Iseult of Ireland lands to find the city in mourning for its lord; hastening to the bier, she lays herself down beside Tristan, and with one last embrace expires.
He died in Turin on the 20th of March 1894; his body was taken to Pesth, where he was buried amid the mourning of the whole.
With her sister Nephthys, Isis is frequently represented as watching the body of Osiris or mourning his death.
The city may be in mourning, but the numerous church services and candlelight vigils help provide some emotional catharsis.
Verse 16 deals with the righteous dead in general; verses 13 and 14 with the particular individuals whose death they were mourning.
He would render the verse, "In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of the women who weep for Tammuz-Adon" (A don means lord).
When their master thus died, his disciples buried him with great pomp. A multitude of them built huts near his grave, and remained there, mourning as for a father, for nearly three years; and when all the rest were gone, Tze-kung, the last of his favourite three, continued alone by the grave for another period of the same duration.
This festival, like that at Athens, was held late in summer; at Byblus, where the mourning ceremony preceded, it took place in spring.
And besides, she is now in mourning.
It seems no one was mourning the demise of the man who made Labor electable.
He's seen mourning against the arched doorway of a crypt where Giselle is buried.
The ancient association of women with tears was often elided with this intensified Reformed concern over excessive or improper mourning (23 ).
Her recent images from Stages of Mourning are included in a publication on women's photographic self portraiture (Masquerade, Iris 2004 ).
Mama Ike quickly retorted " we are in mourning no-one has had time to cook.
The invocation to Book 9 likewise frames mourning as empowering, in this instance as a particularly strategic defense against the charge of agency.
But during the 18th century, though the strict observance of the Lenten fast was generally abandoned, it was still observed and inculcated by the more earnest of the clergy, such as William Law and John Wesley; and the custom of women wearing mourning in Lent, which had been followed by Queen Elizabeth and her court, survived until well into the 19th century.
These centers also allow children to participate in their own mourning rituals, which can be a comfort to children and a healthy way to move on.
However, research has shown that children cope more successfully with a death if they feel included in the group that has experienced the loss and share in grieving and mourning.
Caregivers can draw pictures of the loved one or read books about mourning so the child can feel that they are not alone.
Shiva is the Jewish tradition of mourning after the funeral.
During this time individuals may visit those in mourning and bring food to them instead of flowers.
MySpace mourning pages give friends and family members opportunities to grieve their loved ones in a very public way via the Internet.
A MySpace mourning page is a public memorial to someone who has died.
Just because the person has died, that doesn't mean someone on the Internet won't steal his or her information posted on the MySpace mourning page.
It is entirely possible to still consider oneself in mourning several years after the event has occurred.
Let the time of death and months afterward be a time for mourning even if you cannot participate.
Mourning the Loss of a Pet shows you that is OK to grieve over the loss of a dear pet.
Those who are mourning the loss of a loved one are often emotionally fragile and need encouragement.
Poems can be powerful and evoke intense emotions that many people suppress during times of grief, which can help in the mourning process.
After the funeral, focus shifts from the deceased to those mourning him.
This is seven days of passionate mourning during which time community members see to it that the mourner can focus on their grief.
Mourning the loss and concerns over subsequent problems can be overwhelming.
Besides primary red, the only color gypsies avoid is white, as this is associated with mourning and death.
Many people feel it is poor etiquette to wear black to a wedding or other romantic event, as if it were representing mourning rather than celebration.
It is said that the image in the mirror may represent the mourning Queen who longs for a child of her own.
This event sends the Earth into a period of darkness and mourning forever marking the number 13 as a number representing very bad luck.
His nuanced performances hit all the right notes whether he was feuding with Victor Newman, mourning the loss of his unborn child with Nikki or he was trying to live up to his father's hopes and dreams.
The memory loss persisted for a long time, leaving Lily and Holden fans mourning their love.