English Explanatory Dictionary

mourn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
  2. To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.
  3. To utter in a sorrowful manner.
  4. To wear mourning.
noun
  1. Sorrow, grief.
  2. A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

Pronunciation

môrn /mɔɹn/ môn /mɔːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mourn.wav mōrn /mo(ː)ɹn/ /moən/ mo͝orn /mʊɹn/ /mʊən/

Word forms

mourn mourns mourning mourned morne

Etymology

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

Synonyms

grieve lament weep aggrieve besorrow condole darken engrieve erme gloom grieven bleed moan mourn remorse repent regret rue sigh sorrow wayment yearn afterthink becry begrieve bemoan bemourn bewail beweep deplore elegize keen mean pine wail dejection blueness tristesse mirthless blues crestfallenness depression despondency distress dolefulness downheartedness drearihead forlornness grief heartsore ill-being infelicity melancholia melancholy misery mishappiness prosternation ruth sadness sorrowfulness

Related words

grieve lament sorrow

Derived words

bemourn mourner mournful mourning mourning dove mourningly mournsome overmourn remourn unmourned unmourning
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