About The Word Mourn
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Mourn
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What's The Definition Of Mourn?
[v] feel sadness; "She is mourning her dead child"
[v] observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one Synonyms | Synonyms for Mourn: Related Terms | Find terms related to Mourn: ache | agonize | bemoan | bewail | bleed | brood over | deplore | dirge | discomfort | dismay | distress | elegize | fret | give sorrow words | grieve | grieve over | keen | knell | lament | moan | mope | pain | pine | pine away | regret | repine | rue | sigh | sing the blues | sorrow | take on | weep for | weep over See Also | celebrate | grieve | keep | observe | sorrow Mourn In Webster's Dictionary \Mourn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mourned}; 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 of grief or
sadness.
Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
her. --Gen. xxiii.
2.
2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?
--Shak.
Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.
--Pope.
\Mourn\, v. t. 1. To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail. As if he mourned his rival's ill success. --Addison. And looking over the hills, I mourn The darling who shall not return. --Emerson. 2. To utter in a mournful manner or voice. The lovelorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well. --Milton. Syn: See {Deplore}. |
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