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Adjective: mourning  mor-ning
  1. Sorrowful through loss or deprivation
    "mourning of hope";
    - bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, sorrowing
Noun: mourning  mor-ning
  1. State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
    - bereavement
  2. The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
    - lamentation
Verb: mourn  morn
  1. Feel sadness
    "She is mourning her dead child"

Sounds like: mor

Derived forms: mournings

See also: sorrowful

Type of: activity, celebrate, expression, grieve, keep, manifestation, observe, reflection, reflexion [Brit], sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness

Encyclopedia: Mourning