mourning
noun
[ ˈmɔːnɪŋ ]
• the expression of sorrow for someone's death.
• "she's still in mourning after the death of her husband"
Similar:
grief,
grieving,
sorrowing,
lamentation,
lament,
keening,
wailing,
weeping,
sorrow,
sadness,
misery,
melancholy,
heartache,
anguish,
despair,
despondency,
desolation,
woefulness,
shiva,
dole,
mourn
verb
• feel or show sorrow for the death of (someone), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes.
• "Isobel mourned her husband"
Similar:
grieve for,
sorrow over,
lament for,
weep for,
shed tears for/over,
wail/keen over,
plain for,
Origin:
Old English murnan, of Germanic origin.
