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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
- overmourn verb
- unmourned adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of mourn1
Word History and Origins
Origin of mourn1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The world is mourning the loss of music icon Brian Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82.
The incident was the deadliest mass shooting in Austria's recent history and the country has declared three days of mourning.
Three days of mourning have been declared in Austria.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the teaching assistant was a "victim of a senseless wave of violence" and declared that "the nation is in mourning".
It’s not hard to imagine this being fueled by viral videos of chatbots expressing sadness, robots mourning their shutdowns, or virtual companions pleading for continued existence.
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