mourn.
To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
Meaning & usage
To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
For two months, she mourned her father's passing.
She mourned the loss of her independence.
To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.
In that society, a spouse is mourned for one year, a parent for six months.
To utter in a sorrowful manner.
To wear mourning.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).
Sorrow, grief.
A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).
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