deuil — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bereavement noun The experience of losing a close family member or friend to death, and the grief that follows.
- mourning noun The act or state of grieving, especially after a death.
Senses
deuil is used for these senses in English:
- bereavement The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
- dolour (chiefly, uncountable, literary) Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.
mourning — full definition
- noun The act or state of grieving, especially after a death.
- noun The clothing traditionally worn while grieving, typically black in Western cultures.