mourning

mourning

[mɔ͟ː(r)nɪŋ]
 1) N-UNCOUNT Mourning is behaviour in which you show sadness about a person's death.
  The period of mourning and bereavement may be long...
  Expect to feel angry, depressed and confused. It's all part of the mourning process...
  Human rights groups declared what they called a day of mourning and protest.
 2) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR If you are in mourning, you are dressed or behaving in a particular way because someone you love or respect has died.
  Yesterday the whole of Greece was in mourning...
  The boys wore black tail coats in mourning for George III.