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mourning

noun as in sadness, time of sadness

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President Alberto Fernández announced three days of national mourning.

With the Wendt Center, he also developed a grief and mourning program for students in Washington public schools.

The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month sent the country into a state of mourning and also political chaos, two elements that many felt were at odds with one another.

From Fortune

By the time the pandemic fully swept over New York City this spring, Electric’s employees were already in mourning.

From Fortune

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sent waves of shock across the country on Friday evening, leading to mass mourning on what would typically be a day of celebration, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

From Fortune

He said that the NYPD will be in deepest mourning this Christmas season.

The late-November hacking of Sony, perhaps the most vicious episode of its kind, comes at the end of the period of mourning.

Now that the Confucian-inspired mourning period is over, the son is free to embark on his own programs and policies.

Soon after Abu Ein died, the Palestinian Authority announced three days of mourning.

A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.

The farewell and the mourning are finished by the slaughter of dogs, that the dying man may have forerunners in the other world.

I am thankful that prolonged mourning is out of date; it made a fright of me and was getting on my nerves.

Indeed, it made me understand for the first time that even a Bank Holiday need not be a day of wrath and mourning.

Looking through this hole, the king perceived an old man weeping, a man in mourning garb singing, and a nun or widow dancing.

Then through a hole in the door I saw an old man crying, a dancing nun, and a man in mourning singing.

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On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mourning, such as: grief, aching, bereavement, blackness, crying, and darkness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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