Synonyms for mourning
ˈmɔr nɪŋ, ˈmoʊr-mourn·ing

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1. mourning

   Grief is acute mental pain resulting from loss, misfortune, or deep disappointment. Grief is more acute and less enduring than sorrow. Sorrow and grief are for definite cause; sadness and melancholy may arise from a vague sense of want or loss, from a low state of health, or other ill-defined cause; sadness may be momentary; melancholy is more enduring, and may become chronic. Affliction expresses a deep heart-sorrow and is applied also to the misfortune producing such sorrow; mourning most frequently denotes sorrow publicly expressed, or the public expression of such sorrow as may reasonably be expected; as, it is common to observe thirty days of mourning on the death of an officer of state.

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   Synonyms:
   affliction, distress, grief, melancholy, regret, sadness, sorrow, tribulation, trouble, wo

   Preposition:
   Grief at a loss; for a friend.

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1. mourning, bereavementnoun

   state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

   Synonyms:
   lamentation, bereavement

   Antonyms:
   joyful

2. lamentation, mourningadjective

   the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief

   Synonyms:
   plaint, lamentation, lament, wail, bereavement

   Antonyms:
   joyful

3. bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)adjective

   sorrowful through loss or deprivation

   "bereft of hope"

   Antonyms:
   joyful

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1. • Sorrow

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1. mourningnoun

   Synonyms:
   lamentation, sorrow, grief

2. mourningnoun

   Synonyms:
   weeds, symbol of sorrow

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1. mourningnoun

   Synonyms:
   sorrow, grief, bereavement, weeds

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1. List of paraphrases for "mourning":

   haddad, bereavement, grieving, grief, al-haddad, weeping, sorrowing, condolences, crying, mourn, duel, hadad, sorrow, blacksmith

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1. Davi Kopenawa Yanomami:

   I’m here, in the city of stone, and mirrors and glass… but in my heart, I’m in mourning.

2. Barbara Lee:

   Our country is in a state of mourning. Some of us must say let's step back for a moment, let's just pause, just for a minute and think through the implications of our actions today so that this does not spiral out of control.

3. Patrick Lynch:

   The feeling is real, but today is about mourning; tomorrow is about debate.

4. Joseph Addison:

   I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

5. Sunrise Movement:

   For many Indigenous persons, today is a day of mourning and of loss, it's important that we take time to honor our Indigenous family by learning about the native land we all occupy.