mourningnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmɔː.nɪŋ/us/ˈmɔːr.nɪŋ/great sadness felt because someone has died:
Shops were closed as a sign of mourning for the king.
He was in mourning for his wife.
the usually black clothes that are worn in some countries as an expression of sadness about someone's death
a loud crying that people in some countries make when someone dies:
The mourning could be heard all day and all night.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sadness and regret
- a heavy heart idiom
- be/weigh on your conscience idiom
- bitter
- bring a lump to/have a lump in your throat idiom
- broken-hearted
- gloom
- gloomy
- guilt
- guilt complex
- guilt trip
- guilt-ridden
- guilt trip
- lament
- mourn
- repent
- rue
- rue the day idiom
- rueful
- sackcloth
- sad
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Remembering people who have died
Clothing - general words