mournings
Multiple sorrow expressions
Mournings is the plural of mourning, referring to multiple instances or expressions of grief.
The word appears in contexts where distinct periods or types of grief are being distinguished: The mournings for her parents, years apart, affected her differently.
It can also refer to the outward signs—black clothing, armbands, or rituals observed after a death.
Service honoring the dead
- wakePath left in water
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- shivaJewish week of mourning
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
memorial · procession · interment · cremation · eulogy · dirge · requiem · condolences
Deep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
despair · melancholy · woe · sadness · misery · heartbreak · suffering · agony
Deprived by death
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
- widowerMan whose wife died
- orphanChild whose parents died
- bereftDeprived through loss
absence · emptiness · longing · yearning · pining · void · departed · deceased
funeral
Service honoring the dead
visitation · memorial · procession · interment · cremation · eulogy · dirge · requiem · condolences · black
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
lamentation · despair · melancholy · woe · sadness · misery · heartbreak · suffering · agony · dolor
bereaved
Deprived by death
bereft · absence · emptiness · longing · yearning · pining · void · departed · deceased · remembrance
wakes
Becomes conscious again
cemetery
Place for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- crematoriumCorpse incineration facility
memorial · tombstone · headstone · grave · sepulcher · crypt · columbarium · urn · casket · shrine
mourningscelebrations
Organized expressions of joy
rejoicings · jubilations · festivities · merriments · exultations
- 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