mourn
verb /mɔːn/
/mɔːrn/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mourn | /mɔːn/ /mɔːrn/ |
| he / she / it mourns | /mɔːnz/ /mɔːrnz/ |
| past simple mourned | /mɔːnd/ /mɔːrnd/ |
| past participle mourned | /mɔːnd/ /mɔːrnd/ |
| -ing form mourning | /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/ /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ |
- to feel and show that you are sad because somebody has died; to feel sad because something no longer exists or is no longer the same synonym grieve
- Please, leave us to mourn in peace.
- mourn something He was still mourning his brother's death.
- They mourn the passing of a simpler way of life.
- The city was mourning the victims of the bombings.
- mourn (for somebody/something) Today we mourn for all those who died in two world wars.
- She mourned for her lost childhood.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMourn is used with these nouns as the object:- death
- loss
- passing
- …
Word OriginOld English murnan, of Germanic origin.
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- ashes
- cemetery
- coffin
- cremation
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- grave
- hearse
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