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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}.

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:

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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