mourn

mourn
[[t]mɔ͟ː(r)n[/t]]
mourns, mourning, mourned
1) VERB If you mourn someone who has died or mourn for them, you are very sad that they have died and show your sorrow in the way that you behave.

[V n] Joan still mourns her father...

[V n] The whole nation had mourned the death of their great leader...

[V for n] He mourned for his valiant men...

I buried him on the top of the hill and mourned.

Syn:
grieve for
2) VERB If you mourn something or mourn for it, you regret that you no longer have it and show your regret in the way that you behave.

[V n] We mourned the loss of our cities...

[V for n] She mourned for the beloved past.

Syn:
grieve for
3) See also mourning

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  • mourn — mourn; mourn·er; mourn·ful; mourn·ful·ness; mourn·ing; mourn·ing·ly; mourn·ful·ly; …   English syllables

  • Mourn — (m[=o]rn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mourned} (m[=o]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mourning}.] [AS. murnan; akin to OS. mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. ma[ u]rnan.] 1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mourn — [mo:n US mo:rn] v [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: murnan] 1.) to feel very sad and to miss someone after they have died = ↑grieve for ▪ Hundreds of people gathered to mourn the slain president. mourn for ▪ They mourned for their children,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Mourn — Mourn, v. t. 1. To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail. [1913 Webster] As if he mourned his rival s ill success. Addison. [1913 Webster] And looking over the hills, I mourn The darling who shall not return. Emerson. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mourn — [ mɔrn ] verb intransitive or transitive to feel extremely sad because someone has died, and express this in public: We are mourning the loss of our close friend. Many came to mourn their friend. mourn for: He still mourns for his brother. a. to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • mourn — (v.) O.E. murnan to mourn, bemoan, long after, also be anxious about, be careful (class III strong verb; past tense mearn, pp. murnen), from P.Gmc. *murnan to remember sorrowfully (Cf. O.S. mornon, O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan to mourn, O.N.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • mourn — index deplore, repent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • mourn — sorrow, *grieve Analogous words: lament, bewail, bemoan (see DEPLORE): weep, keen, wail, *cry Contrasted words: rejoice, gladden, delight, *please …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • mourn — [v] be sad over loss ache, agonize, anguish, be brokenhearted*, bemoan, be sad, bewail, bleed, blubber, carry on, complain, cry, deplore, fret, grieve, hurt, keen, lament, languish, long for, miss, moan, pine, regret, repine, rue, sigh, sob,… …   New thesaurus

  • mourn — ► VERB ▪ feel deep sorrow following the death or loss of. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • mourn — [môrn] vi. [ME mournen < OE murnan; akin to Goth * maúrnan, to be anxious < IE base * (s)mer , to remember: see MERIT] 1. to feel or express sorrow; lament; grieve 2. to grieve for someone who has died; specif., to manifest the conventional …   English World dictionary

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