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Word:
mourning
IPA transcription: [m'ɔɹnɪŋ]
Pronunciations of mourning
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adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)
Meaning:
sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
Usage examples
Dress--deep mourning.
The young man answered, "I am mourning for my wife.
"Well," asked the old woman, "for whom are you mourning?"
On the death of Brutus, they all clothed themselves in mourning.
The young man replied, "I am mourning day and night, crying all the while.
Public mourning was observed for seven days, and many ceremonies were performed.
His crape hat-band had put itself in brown mourning for its own bereavement of black.
"Grace Harlowe, are you ever going to stop mourning over Eleanor?" cried Miriam impatiently.
Mourning doves cooed, and the sweet notes of yellow-birds filled the sunny grove with suggestions of happiness.
So, when the Colonel died, in the year I was leaving college, I did not think it necessary to go into mourning for him.
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George V
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Emily Donelson
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Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
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Hamlet
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Mourning dove
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Thomas Jefferson
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