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. White House spokesman John Earnest:

   The president felt before he could begin his holiday, that it was important for him to spend some time with these Americans who are mourning.

2. Donald Trump:

   We'll be spending three days of mourning and three days of celebrating a really great man's life, so, we look forward to doing that, and he certainly deserves it. He really does. He was a very special person.

3. Joel Lourie:

   Let today be the beginning of a new story about the state of South Carolina ... a story of how we removed a symbol (and) helped heal a nation and a state in their mourning.

4. Zerqa Abid:

   This is a community loss, this is not just a family loss, issa has taken a piece of our hearts with him and we are in mourning.

5. 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.