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mourn

[ mawrn, mohrn ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to feel or express sorrow or grief.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. to grieve or lament for the dead.
  3. 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).
  3. to utter in a sorrowful manner.

mourn

/ ɔː /

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
  3. tr to grieve over (loss or misfortune)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • v·dzܰ verb
  • ܲ·dzܰԱ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mourn1

First recorded before 900; Middle English mo(u)rnen, Old English murnan; cognate with Old High German ǰŧ, Old Norse morna, Gothic maurnan
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mourn1

Old English murnan; compare Old High German ǰŧ to be troubled, Gothic maurnan to grieve, Greek mermeros worried
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Synonym Study

See grieve.
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Example Sentences

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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.

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There is mourning, but also recognition that the Pope, who lived to 88, died quickly and peacefully.

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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?

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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.

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The attack has been widely condemned by international leaders and has generated outrage and mourning in India.

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