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.
Origin of mourn
First recorded before 900; Middle English mo(u)rnen, Old English murnan; cognate with Old High German mornēn, Old Norse morna, Gothic maurnan
SYNONYMS FOR mourn
1 bewail, bemoan.
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ANTONYMS FOR mourn
1 laugh, rejoice.
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synonym study for mourn
1. See grieve.
OTHER WORDS FROM mourn
o·ver·mourn,verbun·mourned,adjective
Words nearby mourn
Mount Vesuvius, Mount Washington, Mount Whitney, Mount Wilson Observatory, Mounty, mourn, Mourne Mountains, mourner, mourners' bench, Mourner's Kaddish, mournful
Zendaya makes history at the Emmys, the TikTok deal moves ahead, and we mourn Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought for women’s basic rights. It’s a legacy just as powerful as her record on the Supreme Court|ehinchliffe|September 21, 2020|Fortune
Americans mourned the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, with numerous politicians and scholars pointing to her legacy involving some of the most pivotal legal cases in the nation’s history.
The Human Rights Campaign is among the LGBTQ advocacy groups that mourned McDade’s death.
Tony McDade case leaves many unanswered questions|Michael K. Lavers|September 4, 2020|Washington Blade
We can retreat into the shadows to play parlor games with the other “waxworks” and mourn for our former glories, or we can pick up the pieces of our broken dreams and rebuild them into something bigger, better, and kinder.
‘Sunset Boulevard’ of broken dreams|David Ehrenstein|August 20, 2020|Washington Blade
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|DAILY BEAST
In Ferguson, Missouri, the bullet-ridden body of Michael Brown lies on a slab somewhere, and his parents await justice, and mourn.
How We Got to Ferguson—a Reading List|David Masciotra|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
But, 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|DAILY BEAST
More than once the Iraqis we worked with postponed our engagements so they could mourn slain colleagues.
The View of Iraq From Troops in Afghanistan|Nick Willard|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Poor Stella, at rest for a century and a half beside the man who caused her such pangs of love and grief—who does not mourn her?
Penelope's Irish Experiences|Kate Douglas Wiggin
It is their habit to mourn thus when they discover one of their number lying dead.
Red Hunters And the Animal People|Charles A. Eastman
Be afflicted and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
The Gospel: An Exposition of its First Principles|Brigham Henry Roberts
Look to it, that thou hast not at some time to mourn for thyself.
Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes|Aeschylus
I could not keep my eyes dry all day; nor can I now in the recollecting it; but let me pass over what to mourn is now so vain.'
Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6)|Boswell
British Dictionary definitions for mourn
mourn
/ (mɔːn) /
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)
Word Origin for mourn
Old English murnan; compare Old High German mornēn to be troubled, Gothic maurnan to grieve, Greek mermeros worried