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Mourning
//ˈmoɹnɪŋ// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 sorrowful through loss or deprivation wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 1 The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation. countable, uncountable
- 2 the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief wordnet
- 3 Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death. countable, uncountable
""My greatest wish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it.""
- 4 state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one wordnet
- 5 The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black). countable, uncountable
"‘I'm bored. I can't go out anywhere because it's too soon and I have to wear this disgusting mourning.’"
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- 6 Drapes or coverings associated with mourning. countable, uncountable
"The houses to their tops with black were spread, / And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of mourn form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
By surface analysis, mourn + -ing.
Etymology 2
By surface analysis, mourn + -ing.
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