Synonyms of mourning

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adjective

as in grieving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grieving
• suffering
• sad
• sorrowing
• upset
• mournful
• melancholy
• unhappy
• distressed
• crying
• widowed
• weeping
• wailing
• miserable
• bereaved
• lamenting
• bemoaning
• orphaned
• bereft

mourning

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noun

as in suffering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suffering
• weeping
• grieving
• tears
• sorrowing
• sob
• regret
• lamentation
• agonizing
• cry
• sorrow
• protest
• grief
• lament
• outcry
• hand-wringing
• wail
• keen
• anguish
• groan
• heartbreak
• plaint
• howl
• heartache
• moan
• woe
• complaint
• cri de coeur
• dolor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoicing
• exultation
• smiling
• laughing
• cheering

mourning

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verb

present participle of mourn

1

as in aching

to feel deep sadness or mental pain

we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grieving
• aching
• sighing
• sorrowing
• suffering
• crying
• sobbing
• weeping
• agonizing
• bleeding
• hurting
• anguishing
• groaning
• eating one's heart out
• tearing one's hair
• smarting
• bewailing
• lamenting
• moaning
• tormenting
• longing (for)
• pining (away)
• torturing
• bemoaning
• deploring
• blubbering
• howling
• wailing
• keening
• bawling
• regretting
• ruing
• languishing
• racking
• yammering
• yowling
• taking on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laughing
• rejoicing
• cheering
• exulting
• beaming
• glorying
• delighting
• triumphing
• ravishing
• crowing
• comforting
• assuring
• consoling
• reassuring
• sympathizing
• joying
• soothing
• commiserating
• solacing

2

as in lamenting

to feel or express sorrow for

an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lamenting
• regretting
• bewailing
• bemoaning
• deploring
• grieving (for)
• wailing (for)
• weeping
• sobbing
• suffering
• hurting
• moaning
• keening
• sorrowing
• crying (for)
• blubbering
• elegizing
• bawling
• ruing
• agonizing
• bleeding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoicing (in)
• delighting
• laughing
• smiling
• exulting (in)
• cheering
• grinning
• joying
• beaming
• glorying (in)