MOURNING
\mˈɔːnɪŋ], \mˈɔːnɪŋ], \m_ˈɔː_n_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of MOURNING
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black.
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Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black.
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Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Normal, appropriate sorrowful response to an immediate cause. It is self-limiting and gradually subsides within a reasonable time.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Expression of grief; lamentation; a special garb, such as black clothes, worn as a sign of grief for one who has died.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald