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Mourning   /mˈɔrnɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Mourning  n.  
1.
The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.
2.
Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. "The houses to their tops with black were spread, And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid."
Deep mourning. See under Deep.



verb
Mourn  v. t.  
1.
To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail. "As if he mourned his rival's ill success." "And looking over the hills, I mourn The darling who shall not return."
2.
To utter in a mournful manner or voice. "The lovelorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well."
Synonyms: See Deplore.



Mourn  v. i.  (past & past part. mourned; pres. part. mourning)  
1.
To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness. "Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her."
2.
To wear the customary garb of a mourner. "We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?" "Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year."



adjective
Mourning  adj.  
1.
Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
2.
Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like.
Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads.
Mourning dove (Zool.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United States; so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove.
Mourning warbler (Zool.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.






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"Mourning" Quotes from Famous Books



... grandson!'" He burst out a laughing. "No! no! that won't do. I will try so—'Oh! my heart! Oh! my heart! ha! ha! ha!'. That won't do either. I will cry, 'Oh my grandson obiquadj!'"[21] This satisfied him, and he remained in his lodge and fasted, till his days of mourning were over. "Now," said he, "I will go in search of him." He set out and travelled some time. At last he came to a great lake. He then raised the same cries of lamentation for his grandson which had pleased him. He sat down near a small brook that emptied itself into the lake, ...
— The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians • Henry R. Schoolcraft

... a valley of Hinnom; compacts with it are covenants with hell. But here is one holy angel with its music; a ministering spirit; but is she a Lot in Sodom? Abdiel in the revolted principality? a desolate, mourning Rizpah on that rock which overlooks four millions of ...
— The Sable Cloud - A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) • Nehemiah Adams

... game, And who so els his bounteous minde did trie*, Whether he shepheard be, or shepheards swaine, (For manie did, which doo it now denie,) 235 Awake, and to his song a part applie: And I, the whilest you mourne for his decease, Will with my mourning plaints your ...
— The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 • Edmund Spenser

... bells, let mourning shows be spread, For Love is dead: All Love is dead, infected With plague of deep disdain: Worth, as nought worth, rejected, And faith fair scorn doth gain. From so ungrateful fancy; From such a female frenzy; From them that use men thus, ...
— A Defence of Poesie and Poems • Philip Sidney

... camping ground; The glow and grace of flowers will flood those mounds An ever-widening sea of billowy bloom; And not least lovely shall my grave-sod be, With Myrtles blue, and nestling Violets, And Star-flowers pale with watching—Pansies, dark, With mourning thoughts, and Lilies saintly pure; Deep-hearted Roses, sweet as buried love, And Woodbine-blossoms dripping honeyed dew Over a tablet and a sculptured name. There little song-birds, careless of my sleep, Shall shake fine raptures from their throats, and thrill With ...
— Choice Specimens of American Literature, And Literary Reader - Being Selections from the Chief American Writers • Benj. N. Martin


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