Definition for Mourn:

• m[= o]rn, v.i. to grieve: to be sorrowful: to wear mourning.-- v.t. to grieve for: to utter in a sorrowful manner.-- n. MOURN'ER, one who mourns, one who attends a funeral in mourning-dress, esp. one of those related to the deceased.-- adj. MOURN'FUL, mourning: causing or expressing sorrow: feeling grief.-- adv. MOURN'FULLY.-- n. MOURN'FULNESS.-- adj. MOURN'ING, grieving: lamenting.-- n. the act of expressing grief: the dress of mourners, or other tokens of mourning.-- ns. MOURN'ING-BRIDE, the sweet scabious; MOURN'ING-CLOAK, an undertaker's cloak, formerly worn at a funeral; MOURN'ING-COACH, a closed carriage for carrying mourners to a funeral; MOURN'ING-DOVE, the common American turtle-dove.-- adv. MOURN'INGLY.-- ns. MOURN'ING-PIECE, a picture intended to be a memorial of the dead; MOURN'ING-RING, a ring worn in memorial of a dead person; MOURN'ING-STUFF, a lustreless black dress fabric, as crape, cashmere, & c., for making mourning clothes. [ A.S. murnan, meornan; Old High Ger. morn[= e]n, to grieve.]

Synonyms for Mourn:

• n.

  •
  • happy.

• v.

  •bewail (verb)
  • repent,
  • take on.
  •cry (verb)
  • let go,
  • bawl,
  • squall,
  • caterwaul,
  • snivel,
  • turn on waterworks,
  • break down,
  • shed bitter tears,
  • yammer,
  • let it all out,
  • blub,
  • whine,
  • shed tears,
  • crack up,
  • ring the blues,
  • whimper,
  • dissolve in tears,
  • mewl,
  • put on the weeps,
  • Boohoo,
  • sniff,
  • howl,
  • choke up,
  • burst into tears,
  • groan,
  • yowl.
  •pine (verb)
  • crave,
  • desire,
  • hanker,
  • brood,
  • covet,
  • wish,
  • want,
  • dream.
  •regret (verb)
  • be disturbed,
  • disapprove,
  • be sorry for,
  • have compunctions,
  • feel sorry,
  • feel uneasy,
  • kick oneself,
  • have qualms,
  • cry over,
  • feel remorse,
  • look back,
  • apologize.
  •repine (verb)
  • re pined,
  • re pine,
  • re pining,
  • re-pining,
  • re-pined,
  • re-pine,
  • re-pines,
  • re pines,
  • ning.
  •sigh (verb)
  • lust,
  • hunger,
  • thirst.
  •sorrow (verb)
  • cried river,
  • hangs crepe,
  • were sad,
  • cry river,
  • am sad,
  • hung crepe,
  • art sad,
  • hanged crepe,
  • hanging crepe,
  • being sad,
  • was sad,
  • crying a river,
  • cried a river,
  • is sad,
  • wast sad,
  • are sad,
  • cries a river,
  • crying river,
  • wert sad,
  • cries river.
  •wail (verb)
  • cries blues,
  • cry blues,
  • cries the blues,
  • cried the blues,
  • cried blues,
  • crying the blues,
  • crying blues.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • mope,
  • come apart,
  • lamentation,
  • get down.
  •
  • complain,
  • sink.
  •
  • miss,
  • suffer.
  •
  • bleed.
  •
  • ache.
  •
  • smart.
  •cry
  • Mewled,
  • shedding tears,
  • sheds tears,
  • keened,
  • let out,
  • lets go,
  • breaking down,
  • keens,
  • squalling,
  • letting go,
  • keening,
  • grieve,
  • Mewling,
  • mewls,
  • Boohooing,
  • blubs,
  • blubbed,
  • dissolved in tears,
  • Squalled,
  • letting out,
  • blubbing,
  • Boohooed,
  • weep.
  •regret
  • looking back,
  • felt remorse,
  • Regretted,
  • being sorry for,
  • is sorry for,
  • feels remorse.
  •want
  • yearn.

Paraphrases for Mourn:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    mourns, mourning.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    mourning.

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    complain, escort.
  • Verb, base form
    complain.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    regret.
  • Verb, past tense
    Wept.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    deplore, grieve, bemoan, regret.
  • Verb, base form
    deplore, grieve, bemoan, condemn, regret.

Antonyms for Mourn:

• v.

  • bemoan
    gloat.
  • be sad over loss
    help, relieve, aid, assist, please.
  • bewail
    be joyous, exalt, vaunt, praise.
  • deplore
    revel, approve, rejoice, delight.
  • mourn
    be joyful, be happy.
  • pine
    dislike, despise, hate.
  • regret
    be content, be satisfied.
  • Other antonyms:
    console, ravish, sympathize, glory, assure, reassure, cheer, laugh, make merry, comfort, solace, grin, commiserate, smile, soothe, beam, crow, joy, triumph, exult.

Mourn Sentence Examples:

• Yes, Dorothy will mourn for her all her days.

• Paris does not mourn very long.

Homophones for Mourn:

• marini, marian, moron, marine, maharanee, marino, marina, mrna, meronym, maroon, morone, moraine, moneron, marihuana, mariehamn, merman, monomorium, manner name, marine mine, marum, moneran, morn, Monomorium Minimum, merino, maharani, Muharrum, mine run, moreen, mormon, marumi, morion, murrain, muharram, Maori Hen, Moharram, meronymy, moorhen, Marrano, murine, maarianhamina.

Hyponym for Mourn:

• v.

  • emotion
    keep, sorrow, celebrate, grieve, observe.