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• MOURNING — (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… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Mourning — Mourn ing, a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. [1913 Webster] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mourning bride — Mourning Mourn ing, a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. [1913 Webster] 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mourning dove — Mourning Mourn ing, a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. [1913 Webster] 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mourning warbler — Mourning Mourn ing, a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. [1913 Webster] 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mourning — Not to be confused with Morning. Margarita Teresa of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, in mourning, 1666; her brother, the young king Charles II of Spain appears behind her with his attendants wearing mourning dress …   Wikipedia

• mourning — 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… …   Universalium

• mourning — n 1. sorrowing, lamentation, grieving, lamenting, groaning, moaning, bemoaning, bewailing; wailing, howling, keening, Yiddish. kvitching; crying, weeping, sobbing, bawling; complaint, Archaic. plaint, moan, groan; keen, wail, ululation, howl; cry …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• mourning — /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… …  

• mourning — mourn·ing (morґning) 1. the normal psychological processes that follow the loss of a loved one; grief is the accompanying emotional state. Four phases have been described: a short phase of numbness and denial, followed by a phase of yearning and… …   Medical dictionary

• mourning — 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 …   From formal English to slang