Bereavement
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death
Mourning
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
Example sentence: It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and crew were mourning my haircut more than I was! But after a while, I felt liberated, I learned to embrace it.