Definition of mourning

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Mourning (n.) Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black..

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Mourning :: Mourning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mour.
Weeper :: Weeper (n.) A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning.
Mourningly :: Mourningly (adv.) In a mourning manner.
Mournful :: Mournful (a.) Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss..
Weedy :: Weedy (a.) Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments..
Sable :: Sable (n.) A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
Hatband :: Hatband (n.) A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning..
Greet :: Greet (n.) Mourning.
Lamentable :: Lamentable (a.) Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance..
Condolement :: Condolement (n.) Sorrow; mourning; lamentation.
Wayment :: Wayment (n.) Grief; lamentation; 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..
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..
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..
Domino :: Domino (n.) A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
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..
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..
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..
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..
Black :: Black (n.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
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