mourning

Plural: mournings

Noun

• The expression of sorrow, especially for someone who has died.
• state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
• the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
• The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.
• Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
• The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
• Drapes or coverings associated with mourning.

Verb

• feel sadness
  • "She is mourning her dead child"
• observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one
• present participle and gerund of mourn

Adjective Satellite

• sorrowful through loss or deprivation

Examples

• After his massive scoring error, a period of silent mourning fell over the Scrabble board.

Synonyms

bereaved, bereavement, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, lamentation, mourn, sorrowing

Anagrams of mourning