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mourn

verb

ˈmȯrn How to pronounce mourn (audio)
mourned; mourning; mourns

intransitive verb

1
: to feel or express grief or sorrow
When he dies, people throughout the world will mourn.
2
: to show the customary signs of grief for a death
especially : to wear mourning
mourned for thirty days in black clothes
3
: to murmur mournfully
—used especially of doves

transitive verb

1
: to feel or express grief or sorrow for
mourned the death of his son
2
: to utter mournfully
let the whirlwind mourn its requiem W. S. Gilbert
mourner noun
mourningly
ˈmȯr-niŋ-lē How to pronounce mourn (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

Example Sentences

She is still mourning her husband, who died last year. Thousands of people mourned his death. She was mourned by everyone who knew her. She mourned the loss of her youth. He still mourns the fact that he never went to college.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English murnan; akin to Old High German mornēn to mourn, Greek mermēra care — more at memory

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

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The first known use of mourn was before the 12th century

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