deep mourning
Noun
Meaning
deep mourning (uncountable)
Mourning garments that are not only all black, but also composed of lustreless materials and made in a fashion identified with mourning.
Synonyms
Examples
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.
After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances.
“All of us at the foreign ministry are in deep mourning for our colleague,” Maas said in a statement.
Zimbabwean football is in deep mourning following the death of a gentle giant Christopher Sambo, a man who rose from being chairman of a football team called Blackpool to become the Premier Soccer League (PSL) chief executive.
Other relationships When Nero's wife Poppaea Sabina died in 65, Nero went into deep mourning.
Their lamentation was so great that it caught the attention of surrounding Canaanites who remarked “This is a deep mourning of the Egyptians.”