Definition of mourning

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of mourning is as below...

Mourning (a.) 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 like..

Lern More About Mourning

Bombazine :: Bombazine (n.) A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments..
Mourning :: Mourning (a.) 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 like..
Weedy :: Weedy (a.) Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments..
Wayment :: Wayment (n.) Grief; lamentation; mourning.
Sable :: Sable (n.) A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
Mourning :: Mourning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mour.
Cockbill :: Cockbill (v. t.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning..
Weed :: Weed (n.) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds..
Cyprus :: Cyprus (n.) A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning..
Mourning :: Mourning (n.) Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black..
Condolement :: Condolement (n.) Sorrow; mourning; lamentation.
Mourningly :: Mourningly (adv.) In a mourning manner.
Crape :: Crape (n.) A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen..
Half-mast :: Half-mast (n.) A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.)..
Black :: Black (n.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
Domino :: Domino (n.) A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
Weeper :: Weeper (n.) A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning.
Greet :: Greet (n.) Mourning.
Sackcloth :: Sackcloth (n.) Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence..
Regret :: Regret (v.) Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us