mourning
Period following loss
Mourning is the expression of grief, especially after someone's death.
It encompasses both the internal experience of sorrow and its outward forms—wearing black, observing periods of withdrawal, holding vigils.
The family is still in mourning.
A mourning dove is named for its mournful call.
Mourning differs from grief in emphasizing the visible, social dimension of loss.
Deep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
grieving · lamentation · woe · bereft · sadness · tears · pain · suffering
Service honoring the dead
- wakePath left in water
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- shivaJewish week of mourning
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
requiem · service · procession · interment · burial · cremation · Kaddish · last rites
Darkest possible hue
- veilFabric that obscures
- shroudBurial cloth or covering
- crepeThin, flexible pancake
- armbandFabric loop worn above elbow
widow's weeds · sackcloth · ashes · somber · dark · crape · mantilla · subdued
Poem lamenting the departed
Thing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- homageExpression of deep respect
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
legacy · dedication · honor · keepsake · memento · photograph · candle · shrine
Memorial stone at grave
- graveSerious and worrying
- casketBurial container
- urnDecorative container for ashes
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
flowers · condolence card · visitation · viewing · remembrance · anniversary · yahrzeit · Día de los Muertos
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
despair · grieving · lamentation · woe · bereft · sadness · tears · pain · suffering · yearning
funeral
Service honoring the dead
vigil · requiem · service · procession · interment · burial · cremation · Kaddish · last rites · pallbearers
black
Darkest possible hue
armband · widow's weeds · sackcloth · ashes · somber · dark · crape · mantilla · subdued · funereal
elegy
Poem lamenting the departed
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
remembrance · legacy · dedication · honor · keepsake · memento · photograph · candle · shrine · headstone
tombstone
Memorial stone at grave
hearse · flowers · condolence card · visitation · viewing · remembrance · anniversary · yahrzeit · Día de los Muertos · ancestor veneration
- traditionstradition, custom, customs, cultural practices, rituals
- experiencesadventure, journey, moment, event, feeling
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- griefgrief, bereavement, sorrow, grieving, lamentation
mourningrejoicing
Feeling or showing triumph
celebration · joy · jubilation · elation · happiness
mourningcelebration
Festive event marking occasion
festivity · wedding · christening · baby shower · birthday party
mourningcelebrating
Observing with festivity
celebration · festivity · revelry · commemoration · wedding
- national mourningNationwide period of sorrow
- in mourningGrieving after death
- mourning periodsIntervals set for grieving
- mourning ritualCeremonial grief expression
- mourning dovesSlender cooing North American birds
- mourning attireClothing for grief