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mourn
[ mawrn, mohrn ]
verb (used without object)
- to feel or express sorrow or grief.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms: ,
- to grieve or lament for the dead.
- to show the conventional or usual signs of sorrow over a person's death.
verb (used with object)
- 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.
mourn
/ ɔː /
verb
- 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)
Other Word Forms
- v·dzܰ verb
- ܲ·dzܰԱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of mourn1
Word History and Origins
Origin of mourn1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Not since the death of John Paul II, six days after Easter in 2005, have we seen the traditions and rituals of a church mourning its reigning Pope.
There is mourning, but also recognition that the Pope, who lived to 88, died quickly and peacefully.
Was it because she was left out of the truth of Aimee’s disappearance, mourning her death while her daughter was off on a tryst?
The conclave, which traditionally starts after a two-week mourning period, sees the College of Cardinals gather in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to cast a series of votes to choose the next pope.
The attack has been widely condemned by international leaders and has generated outrage and mourning in India.
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