Mourn

/mɔɹn/

Synonyms for "mourn" (71 found)

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Closest matches (15)

ache agonize bemoan bewail bleedbrood overcompassionate

Verb(5 words)

bemoaned bewail bewailed bewails condoled

Noun(3 words)

bemoaning bewailing commiserating

Strong matches (21)

cry deplore dirge discomfort dismay distress elegize fretgive sorrow wordsgrievegrieve overkeen

Noun(5 words)

deploring dirges grieving keening keens

Verb(4 words)

grieve grieved grieves keened

Related words (35)

knell lament moan mope pain pinepine awayregret repine rue sighsing the bluessorrowtake onweepweep forweep over

Verb(9 words)

lament lamented observe participate regret repents rue saddened sorrowed

Noun(8 words)

lamenter lamenting laments sadness sorrowing sorrows wail wallow

Adjective(1 words)

saddening

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

affective processcelebrateemotional expressionemotional responsegrieve keep observesocial behaviorsorrow

More specific

7 entries

attend funeralbewailhold vigillamentobserve ritesregret remorse

Collocations

6 entries

in mourningmourn a lossmourn for a friendmourn the deadperiods of mourningpublic mourning

Inflections

3 entries

mourned mourning mourns

Derivations

4 entries

mourner mournful mournfully mourning

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Don't mourn over the loss of your loved one too long.

Source: tatoeba (28732)

God's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn.

Source: tatoeba (552682)

No longer mourn for me when I am dead / Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell / Give warning to the world that I am fled.

Source: tatoeba (2079545)

I call the living, I mourn the dead, I chase the lightning.

Source: tatoeba (2124776)

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