MOURNING

n. 1 grief, lament, grieving, lamentation, sorrowing, keening, weeping, wailing The Highlanders are wont to mingle a degree of solemn mirth with their mourning 2 bereavement, loss, anguish, sorrow, misery, grief, sadness, woe, woefulness, melancholy, heartache, despondency, despair, desolation In China people wear white as a sign of mourning 3 black, widow's weeds, sackcloth and ashes It was customary at that time to spend at least one month in mourning