Synonyms for mourn
mɔrn, moʊrnmourn

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1. mourn

   To mourn is to feel or express sadness or distress because of some loss, affliction, or misfortune; mourning is thought of as prolonged, grief or regret may be transient. One may grieve or mourn, regret, rue, or sorrow without a sound; he bemoans with suppressed and often inarticulate sounds of grief; he bewails with passionate utterance, whether of inarticulate cries or of spoken words. He laments in plaintive or pathetic words, as the prophet Jeremiah in his "Lamentations." One deplores with settled sorrow which may or may not find relief in words. One is made to rue an act by some misfortune resulting, or by some penalty or vengeance inflicted because of it. One regrets a slight misfortune or a hasty word; he sorrows over the death of a friend.

   Synonyms:
   bemoan, bewail, deplore, grieve, lament, regret, rue, sorrow

   Antonyms:
   be joyful, exult, joy, make merry, rejoice, triumph

Princeton's WordNet

1. mournverb

   feel sadness

   "She is mourning her dead child"

2. mournverb

   observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one

Matched Categories

1. • Grieve
   • Observe

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1. mournverb

   Synonyms:
   grieve, lament, be sorrowful

2. mournverb

   Synonyms:
   deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan, grieve for, sorrow over

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1. mournverb

   Synonyms:
   deplore, lament, regret, grieve, repine, sorrow, bemoan, bewail

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1. List of paraphrases for "mourn":

   cry, mourns, crying, deplore, haddad, mourning, bereavement, weep, lament, whine

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1. Aminda Marqués González:

   The magnitude of these stories and the pace at which they unfolded pushed many in the news business to the limits of endurance, much of the great work this year came against the backdrop of unfathomable loss as our colleagues and fellow citizens mourn the deaths of more than 600,000 people from COVID.

2. Stefan Lofven:

   We have a moral responsibility. We must gather all forces for good. We won’t mourn, we will organize ourselves.

3. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez:

   Sadly, we mourn another fatality in Orihuela.

4. School Joe Harvey:

   Please use your judgment about whether your child should attend school tomorrow, the death of someone so young is devastating to all of us, and even more so under these circumstances and at this time of year when we are surrounded by celebrations while we mourn.

5. Jalene Arriaga:

   … whatever happens, we’ll have our time to mourn and be sad.