mourn
to feel or express sorrow or grief.
to grieve or lament for the dead.
to show the conventional or usual signs of sorrow over a person's death.
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
to grieve or lament over (the dead).
to utter in a sorrowful manner.
Origin of mourn
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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
It has also brought more people to the group’s Facebook page, where 10,000-plus followers were already paying attention to these issues — before the movie, before the online fighting, before a plea from a mother in mourning for people to listen.
The very real, very painful reasons the autistic community demanded two restraint scenes be removed from Sia’s new film ‘Music’ | Theresa Vargas | February 10, 2021 | Washington PostFormer Empire State Pride Agenda Executive Director Alan van Capelle also mourned Vázquez.
Carmen Vázquez, longtime LGBTQ activist, dies at 72 | Michael K. Lavers | January 29, 2021 | Washington BladeThe post SEO community mourns Hamlet Batista, advocate for automation in SEO and beloved friend appeared first on Search Engine Land.
SEO community mourns Hamlet Batista, advocate for automation in SEO and beloved friend | George Nguyen | January 28, 2021 | Search Engine LandInstead of mourning the loss of this season’s rec basketball league, have your kid invite a couple of friends from last year’s team for a hike.
Team Sports Are on the Decline. And That's OK. | Ryan Van Bibber | January 27, 2021 | Outside OnlineLisa Howze said the omissions only added to her anger and pain as she mourned her mother.
The Nursing Home Didn’t Send Her to the Hospital, and She Died | by Sean Campbell | January 8, 2021 | ProPublica
Followers had traveled many miles to mourn the loss, and aid in the ritual washing, dressing, and honoring of the body.
Jail Threats for Sierra Leone Ebola Victims’ Families | Abby Haglage | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo while mourning the closing of De Robertis, consider that we might someday mourn the bankruptcy of whatever chain replaces it.
In Ferguson, Missouri, the bullet-ridden body of Michael Brown lies on a slab somewhere, and his parents await justice, and mourn.
mourn so enthusiastically that you end up neglecting your own family.
Nick Cannon’s Not a Gigolo, But He Had Sex with Kim Kardashian | Amy Zimmerman | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut, much as we might mourn the losses, why should the United States be in the business of trying to hold it all together now?
Iraq Is Not Our War Anymore. Let It Be Iran’s Problem. | Christopher Dickey | July 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"Dad and Hans Rutter, as you know, weren't the sort of men to sit around and mourn over anything like that," she laughed.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairAnd her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd its watery places shall be dry, all they shall mourn that made pools to take fishes.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousHow long shall the land mourn, and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThe king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with sorrow, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
British Dictionary definitions for mourn
/ (mɔːn) /
to feel or express sadness for the death or loss of (someone or something)
(intr) to observe the customs of mourning, as by wearing black
(tr) to grieve over (loss or misfortune)
Origin of mourn
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