mourning

Related to mourning: morning

mourn for (one)

To experience grief over one's death. Don't mourn for me, sweetheart—I've lived a good, long life, and now it is my time to go. She was still mourning for her husband when her mother passed away from a stroke.
See also: mourn

mourn over (someone or something)

To experience grief over the death of a person or animal. Don't mourn over me, sweetheart—I've lived a long, happy life, and now it is my time to go. She was still mourning over her husband when her mother suddenly passed away from a stroke.
See also: mourn, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • mourn
  • mourn for
  • mourn for (one)
  • mourn over (someone or something)
  • good grief
  • Good grief!
  • sweetheart
  • grief
  • come to grief
  • come to grief, to
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Senior Superintendent of Police Asif Ahmed Bughio briefed the meeting about security arrangements and said during Muharram-ul-Haram total 44 Majalis and 144 mourning processions would be taken out in the district out of which 8 mourning procession were declared sensitive and 23 very sensitive.
Railway officers informed the DC that all arrangements had been made to stop trains before railway crossings during the mourning processions.
The day of mourning is marked by the obligatory placing of the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina at half-mast on buildings of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and institutions of the Federation of BiH.
Mourning spent 42 years in law enforcement, including time as the police chief in West Chicago, the director of safety for the Milwaukee Public Schools, an investigator with the St.
KHAIRPUR -- Different mourning processions were taken out and majalis-e-aza were held in Khairpur to mark the Martyrdom Day of Hazrat Imam Ali (AS) on Monday.
NBA legend Alonzo Mourning in Philippines for the first time !-- -- Joey Villar (philstar.com) - December 7, 2018 - 1:56pm MANILA, Philippines ndash The NBA has brought in former NBA champion and Hall-of-Famer Alonzo Mourning in officially forging its partnership with its new official smart phone Vivo in a glamorous ceremony at the Sofitel Harbor Garden Tent Thursday night.
Former NBA great Alonzo Mourning has no social media account, but he understands that it is a great tool to promote the game of basketball with players opening their lives to fans around the world via the world wide web.
Commissioner Akram Ali Khawaja said that no new route would be allotted to mourning processions and Majalis under the code of conduct and old routes would continue as usual.
He said that police and rangers would be deployed for the security of Majalis and mourning processions while a contingent of the army would remain standby to meet any emergency situation.
Summary: New Delhi (India), Aug 16 (ANI): As the country mourns the death of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Central Government has announced a seven-day state mourning throughout the country.
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan observed a mourning day today (Sunday) to express grief and solidarity with the victim families over the killing of many innocent people in deadly attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of the country.
SWAT: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has postponed its public meeting in Swat today (Sunday), due to national mourning over terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan.
THE Presidency has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of shedding crocodile tears by declaring a mourning period for people killed in Plateau state, saying that even though more people were killed under the former ruling party, it never declared a mourning period.
Hawking, who shaped modern cosmology and inspired millions despite suffering from a life-threatening condition, died on Wednesday -- leaving millions in mourning globally.