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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mourn /mɔrn/USA pronunciation v. - to feel or express grief (for): [no object]He still mourns for the old days.[~ + object]mourned her lost youth.
- to grieve or express sadness over the death of (someone): [no object]She still mourns for her son.[~ + object]We barely had time to mourn our dead.
mourn•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mourn (môrn, mōrn),USA pronunciation v.i. - to feel or express sorrow or grief.
- to grieve or lament for the dead.
- to show the conventional or usual signs of sorrow over a person's death.
v.t. - 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.
- bef. 900; Middle English mo(u)rnen, Old English murnan; cognate with Old High German mornēn, Old Norse morna, Gothic maurnan
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bewail, bemoan. See grieve.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged laugh, rejoice.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mourn /mɔːn/ vb - to feel or express sadness for the death or loss of (someone or something)
- (intransitive) to observe the customs of mourning, as by wearing black
Etymology: Old English murnan; compare Old High German mornēn to be troubled, Gothic maurnan to grieve, Greek mermeros worried |