mourn

[ mawrn, mohrn ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to feel or express sorrow or grief.

  2. to grieve or lament for the dead.

  1. to show the conventional or usual signs of sorrow over a person's death.

verb (used with object)
  1. to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.

  2. to grieve or lament over (the dead).

  1. to utter in a sorrowful manner.

Origin of mourn

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English mo(u)rnen, Old English murnan; cognate with Old High German mornēn, Old Norse morna, Gothic maurnan

synonym study For mourn

1. See grieve.

Other words for mourn

Opposites for mourn

Other words from mourn

  • o·ver·mourn, verb
  • un·mourned, adjective

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How to use mourn in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for mourn

mourn

/ (mɔːn) /


verb
  1. to feel or express sadness for the death or loss of (someone or something)

  2. (intr) to observe the customs of mourning, as by wearing black

  1. (tr) to grieve over (loss or misfortune)

Origin of mourn

1
Old English murnan; compare Old High German mornēn to be troubled, Gothic maurnan to grieve, Greek mermeros worried

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