mourning
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/
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- The family held a small gathering to share their memories during the mourning after their father's death.
We all experience loss and the mourning process is real.
- We all experience loss and the mourning process is real.
- That Biggie was truly, you know, in mourning over what had happened to Tupac.
- She came to the funeral all black mourning.
- And these have all caused me to pause these types of events, periods of mourning and so on.
- So what happened then was the family, you know, they were in mourning.
- But I really like this parable that's told by a guy in in a book on death and mourning by a rabbi in a book on death and mourning about twins in a womb.
Examples
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Mourning may also be performed through self-reflection, in which the loss is sought and integrated.
Academic text (1990) -
We all experience loss and the mourning process is real.
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Your period of mourning is over.
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Mourning is the human response to the absence of those lost.
Academic text (2014) -
We are still in mourning six weeks after burying our son.
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Mourning requires an acknowledgment of reality that demands a separation from the individual who no longer exists.
Academic text (1990) -
So I'm very much a New Orleans person and I'm in mourning about Drew Brees retiring from the Saints.
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It is important to allow yourself time for mourning after losing a loved one.
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Many cultures have rituals that guide people through the process of mourning following a death.
Synonyms
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2.1
Deep sadness after you lose someone or something important
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7.0
A period of deep sadness after someone close dies
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9.9
A seven-day period of mourning in Judaism after a close relative dies
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9.9
A seven-day time of mourning in Judaism after a close relative dies
Antonyms
Compounds
A black band worn on the arm, hat, or uniform to show you are sad for someone who died
- Archaic
A period after the first strict time after a death when people wear lighter clothes and follow fewer rules
How Grieving
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mourning comes from the old English verb murnan and the simple word mourn, which meant 'to grieve' or 'to remember with sorrow'. So mourning is the time when people show deep sadness and remember someone who has died.