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Mourn

Mourn Meaning & Definition
Mourn Definition And Meaning

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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