mourn

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mourn

/mɔɹn/ US
/mɔːn/ UK
/mo(ː)ɹn/
/moən/
/mʊɹn/
/mʊən/

Sounds like mourne, morn, morne (horse–hoarse merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n

Where it comes from

From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

verb mourns · mourning · mourned · morne

ambitransitive To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). For two months, she mourned her father's passing.
Similar: grieve, lament, weep, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, darken, engrieve, erme, gloom, grieven, bleed
ambitransitive 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.
transitive To utter in a sorrowful manner.
intransitive To wear mourning.

noun mourns · morne

countable, literary, uncountable Sorrow, grief. Anone after ther cam balen / and whan he sawe kynge Arthur / he alyght of his hors / and cam to the kynge on foote / and salewed hym / by my hede saide Arthur ye be welcome / Sire ryght now cam rydynge this way a knyght makynge grete moorne / for what cause I can not telle
Similar: dejection, blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness, downheartedness, drearihead
countable, uncountable A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: grieving, sorrowful, sorrowing, grief-stricken, bereavement, bereft, bereaved, grieve, lament, deplore, bemoan, grief, complain, whine, moan, weep

Translations

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verb express sadness for, grieve over

Español	lamentar, estar de luto, penarse, penar, enlutarse
한국어	슬퍼하다 seulpeohada
日本語	悲しむ kanashimu, 悼む itamu
中文	哀悼 āidào, 悲悼 bēidào, 悼念 dàoniàn
Kiswahili	-fiwa, -omboleza
Português	lamentar, estar de luto
Français	déplorer, porter le deuil
Deutsch	trauern
Italiano	rimpiangere, essere lutto
Русский	горева́ть gorevátʹ, скорбе́ть skorbétʹ, опла́кивать oplákivatʹ
Tiếng Việt	thương tiếc, xót xa
العربية	نَدَبَ nadaba
עברית	אבל avál

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@misc{mourn_2026,
  title = {mourn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mourn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}