act of mourning
1MOURNING — (Heb. אֵבֶל), the expression of grief and sorrow over the death of a close relative, friend, national leader, or in response to a national calamity. The lamentation (Heb. קִינָה (kinah, qinah); נְהִי, nehi) is the specifically literary and… …
2Mourning — Mourn ing, n. [AS. murnung.] 1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow. [1913 Webster] 2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. [1913 Webster] The houses to their tops with …
3Mourning of Muharram — See also: Day of Ashura Shia Muslims in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in a Majlis as part of the commemoration of Muharram Mourning of Muharram …
4mourning — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of expressing grief] Syn. sorrowing, grieving, yearning, aching, sorrow, lamentation, lamenting, pining, repining, sighing, regretting, deploring, weeping over, drooping, languishing, wailing, crying, moaning,… …
5mourning — mourn·ing || mÉ”rnɪŋ /mÉ”Ënɪŋ n. grieving, lamentation; act of feeling sorrow for someone s death; period of mourning; clothes worn by mourners; signs of mourning adj. of one who mourns, in grief over the death of a close one; pertaining to …
6mourning — mourningly, adv. /mawr ning, mohr /, n. 1. the act of a person who mourns; sorrowing or lamentation. 2. the conventional manifestation of sorrow for a person s death, esp. by the wearing of black clothes or a black armband, the hanging of flags… …
7mourning — /ˈmɔnɪŋ / (say mawning) noun 1. the act of someone who mourns; sorrowing or lamentation. 2. the conventional manifestation of sorrow for a person s death, especially by the wearing of black, the hanging of flags at half mast, etc. 3. the outward… …
8mourning — noun /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/ a) The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation. ‘Im bored. I cant go out anywhere because its too soon and I have to wear this disgusting mourning.’ b) Feeling or expressing sorrow over someones death …
9mourning — 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 …
10mourning — mourn•ing [[t]ˈmɔr nɪŋ, ˈmoʊr [/t]] n. 1) the act of a person who mourns; sorrowing; lamentation 2) the conventional manifestation of sorrow for a person s death, esp. by the wearing of black, the hanging of flags at half mast, etc 3) the symbols …
