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verb
- 1. feel or show sorrow for the death of (someone), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes: "Isobel mourned her husband" Similar
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to feel or express deep sadness, esp. because of someone’s death: [ T ] Frank is mourning the death of his father.
: 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.
to feel or express deep sadness, esp. because of someone’s death: [ T ] Frank is mourning the death of his father.
Mourn definition: to feel or express sorrow or grief.. See examples of MOURN used in a sentence.
To mourn is to grieve for someone who has died, especially a loved one. One of the hardest experiences of childhood is when you mourn the loss of a beloved pet. You can also mourn for things that you've lost, not only pets and people who have died.
1. To feel or express grief or sorrow. See Synonyms at grieve. 2. To show grief for a death by conventional signs, as by wearing black clothes. 3. To make a low, indistinct, mournful sound. Used especially of a dove. v.tr. 1. To feel or express deep regret for: mourned the wasted years. 2. To grieve over (someone who has died). 3.
mourn in American English. (mɔrn ) verb intransitive. 1. to feel or express sorrow; lament; grieve. 2. to grieve for someone who has died; specif., to manifest the conventional signs of such grief, as by wearing black clothes. 3. to make the low, continuous sound of a dove.
mourn. verb. /mɔrn/. [transitive, intransitive] Verb Forms. to feel and show sadness because someone has died; to feel sad because something no longer exists or is no longer the same synonym grieve mourn something He was still mourning his brother's death.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use mourn in a sentence Followers had traveled many miles to mourn the loss, and aid in the ritual washing, dressing, and honoring of the body.
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.
