as in suffering
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1
as in aching
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death
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2
as in lamenting
to feel or express sorrow for
an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater
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Recent Examples of mourning
David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
Pope Francis was buried on Saturday and a nine-day mourning period is required before the conclave commences, per AP News.
—Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The horse racing world is mourning the loss of an accomplished harness driver after a racing accident earlier this month.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The church’s 133 cardinals making the pick were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to begin the process of choosing the next pope, following the mourning period for Pope Francis, who died on April 21.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
Pope Francis was buried on Saturday and a nine-day mourning period is required before the conclave commences, per AP News.
—Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
Meanwhile, the family in mourning blame Greenmount Cemetery and Rodriguez Funeral Home for the poor conditions.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The horse racing world is mourning the loss of an accomplished harness driver after a racing accident earlier this month.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mourning
Noun
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Sokola dealt with immense emotional pain and suffering and gave up her acting dreams after the assault, the suit said.—
Katherine Koretski,
NBC news,
8 May 2025
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By implementing commonsense reforms, voters, policymakers and medical institutions can team up to radically reduce death and suffering as a result of this devastating disease.—
Steven Levitt,
Boston Herald,
6 May 2025
Verb
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Bereavement hallucinations—intensely vivid encounters with the deceased—are reported by as many as half of all grieving people.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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The Catalan feature tells the stories of Anabel and her mother, Delia, who are grieving for Julián, Anabel’s father.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The song’s beat is produced by New York musician Cash Cobain, and features DDG melodically lamenting over visitation restrictions.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Rodriguez rejected the characterization given at the news conference, particularly a remark lamenting that the maximum punishment for the 13-year-old would be an eight-month stay at a boys’ ranch.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For someone who prizes roadside Americana, this is the visual version of the sad trombone sound.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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After the show, there's booze, girls, and hotel suites, but Abel's locked in the bathroom, being sad.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
Verb
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But by the summer of 2022, the couple started regretting their purchase.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
14 Dec. 2024
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The top reasons for regretting an EV purchase were the lack of charging infrastructure, battery degradation, long charging times, and limited driving range, according to American Trucks.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
16 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Santa Margarita 6, Huntington Beach 5: Chase Marlow singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning to give the Eagles an upset over Sunset League champion Huntington Beach.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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This was from Chris Haynes, reporting that Michael Beasley (yes, that Michael Beasley) is upset that the expansion Miami Big 3 team drafted Lance Stephenson (yes, that Lance Stephenson), and is contemplating requesting a trade.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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The slow, mournful piano chords capture the somber bite of the scene with remarkable punch yet also a sobering stillness, and that’s before the elegiac words carry the song off into the sky.—
Daniel Dylan Wray,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2025
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Wynette’s mournful lyrics about a partner who has left—will one protagonist leave the other during the game’s main campaign?—to the sound of lonely, sad acoustic country music is the flip side of Wang Chung’s carefree spirit.—
Brady Gerber,
Vulture,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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At this point, armed with insights about labor, the commodity, and the money-form, the reader may be shedding any melancholy incomprehension—but can’t yet have arrived at angry lucidity.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The lyrical content of Vernon’s records have long been marked with a tinge of turmoil, and his tendency towards heavy introspection has, at times, cornered him into a trope of a melancholy, lovesick songwriter.—
Leah Lu,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Mourning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mourning. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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