mourn (verb)

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• mourn — ► VERB ▪ feel deep sorrow following the death or loss of. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

• mourn — [ mɔrn ] verb intransitive or transitive to feel extremely sad because someone has died, and express this in public: We are mourning the loss of our close friend. Many came to mourn their friend. mourn for: He still mourns for his brother. a. to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• mourn — (v.) O.E. murnan to mourn, bemoan, long after, also be anxious about, be careful (class III strong verb; past tense mearn, pp. murnen), from P.Gmc. *murnan to remember sorrowfully (Cf. O.S. mornon, O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan to mourn, O.N.… …   Etymology dictionary

• mourn — verb 1) Isobel mourned her husband Syn: grieve for, sorrow over, lament for, weep for 2) he mourned the loss of the beautiful buildings Syn: deplore, bewail, bemoan, rue, regret •• mourn, bemoan, grieve, lament, rue …   Thesaurus of popular words

• mourn — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English murnan; akin to Old High German mornēn to mourn, Greek mermēra care more at memory Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to feel or express grief or sorrow 2. to show the customary signs… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mourn — verb (I, T) 1 to feel very sad because someone that you love has died, and show this in the way you behave: mourn sb s death/loss: She still mourns her son s death. (+ for): They mourned for their children, killed in the war. 2 to feel very sad… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• mourn — verb Mourn is used with these nouns as the object: ↑death, ↑loss, ↑passing …   Collocations dictionary

• mourn — verb feel deep sorrow for the death of. ↘feel regret about the loss of (something). Origin OE murnan, of Gmc origin …   English new terms dictionary

• mourn — verb 1) Isobel mourned her husband Syn: grieve for, sorrow over, lament for, weep for 2) he mourned the loss of the beautiful buildings Syn: deplore, bewail, bemoan, rue, regret …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• mourn — [[t]mɔ͟ː(r)n[/t]] mourns, mourning, mourned 1) 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. [V n] Joan still mourns her father... [V n] The whole …   English dictionary

• mourn — UK [mɔː(r)n] / US [mɔrn] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms mourn : present tense I/you/we/they mourn he/she/it mourns present participle mourning past tense mourned past participle mourned a) to feel extremely sad because someone has died …   English dictionary