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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
Commercialized saint-making is dehumanizing, and bypasses genuine mourning by reducing people to idols.
And then, flash forward 30 or so years later, I’m like, “Oh wow, listen to those mourning doves!”
Exhaustively researched, gorgeously crafted and presciently timed, “The Lilac People” exhumes a buried history that could leave us mourning our lost democracy if we don’t learn from, and act on, its tragic lessons.
The death of Sade’s mother, the twin of Mina’s father, is an occasion for a double mourning.
Vancouver's Filipino community has been left in shock and mourning after a car ramming attack left 11 people dead on Saturday.
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