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View usage for: (mɔːʳn) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense mourns, present participle mourning, past tense, past participle mourned1. verbIf 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. Joan still mourns her father. [VERB noun] The whole nation had mourned the death of their great leader. [VERB noun] He mourned for his valiant men. [VERB + for] As the nation continued to mourn, the new President of South Africa paid his owntribute. [VERB] 2. verbIf 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. We mourned the loss of our cities. [VERB noun] She mourned for the beloved past. [VERB + for] Synonyms: bemoan, rue [literary], deplore, bewail More Synonyms of mourn 3. See also mourning More Synonyms of mourn (mɔːn) verb1. to feel or express sadness for the death or loss of (someone or something) 2. (intransitive) to observe the customs of mourning, as by wearing black 3. (transitive) to grieve over (loss or misfortune) Word origin Old English murnan; compare Old High German mornēn to be troubled, Gothic maurnan to grieve, Greek mermeros worried mourn in American English (mɔrn) verb intransitive1. 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 verb transitive4. to feel or express sorrow for (something regrettable) 5. to grieve for (someone who has died) 6. to utter in a manner expressing sorrow Word origin ME mournen < OE murnan; akin to Goth * maúrnan, to be anxious < IE base * (s)mer-, to remember: see merit Examples of 'mourn' in a sentencemourn We as a family mourn her loss daily.And chimpanzees, amazingly, seem to learn from each other the rituals of mourning death.We mourn this great loss and our hearts go out to their families.Their relatives were left to mourn their deaths.They killed a daughter who was mourning her father at his funeral.It makes a mockery out of death and mourning.The nation was plunged into mourning at the loss of a promising future monarch.The media world is mourning the loss of one of its more colourful characters.Well might the nation mourn him.There's a little bit of me that still mourns a regular normal life.Few will mourn the death of this Government.But in Germany the nation is still mourning.I bet none of them mourn the death of this wonderful lady.Knowing that many of his subjects would rejoice in his passing, he wanted the nation to mourn instead. Still mourning the loss of The Closer?I still mourn those earrings.I am still in mourning. British English: mourn 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. She still mourns her father. - American English: mourn
- Brazilian Portuguese: estar de luto
- Chinese: 哀悼
- European Spanish: llorar
- French: pleurer
- German: betrauern
- Italian: piangere
- Japanese: 哀悼する
- Korean: 애도하다
- European Portuguese: estar de luto
- Latin American Spanish: llorar
Chinese translation of 'mourn' vt - [death]
哀悼 (āidào) - [person]
悼念 (dàoniàn)
- [loss of something]
为(為) ... 感到痛心 (wèi ... gǎndào tòngxīn)
vi to mourn for [person] 悼念 (dàoniàn) [thing, time] 为(為) ... 感到惋惜 (wèi ... gǎndào wǎnxī)
Definition to feel or express sadness for the death or loss of someone or something She still mourned her father. Synonyms grieve for miss keen for weep for sorrow for wail for wear black for Definition to feel or express sadness for the death or loss of someone or something We mourned the loss of our cities. Additional synonymsDefinition to express great sorrow over All your songs seem to bewail a dissatisfaction in love. Synonyms lament, regret, complain about, moan about, mourn, rue (literary), wail about, deplore, bemoan, repent, grieve for, cry over, weep over, express sorrow for They deplored the heavy loss of life in the earthquake. Synonyms lament, regret, mourn, rue (literary), bemoan, grieve for, bewail, sorrow over Definition to feel or express sorrow or regret (for or over) It was traditional to lament deaths with a procession and a banquet. Synonyms bemoan, grieve, mourn, weep over, complain about, regret, wail about, deplore, bewailAdditional synonymsDefinition to feel regret for He was probably ruing his decision. Synonyms regret, mourn, grieve, lament, deplore, bemoan, repent, be sorry for, weep over, sorrow for, bewail, kick yourself for, reproach yourself for |