mourn

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: môrn, IPA ^(key): /mɔrn/
• (UK) enPR: môn, IPA ^(key): /mɔːn/

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Verb

Plain form mourn

Third-person singular mourns

Past tense mourned

Past participle mourned

Present participle mourning

1. If you mourn someone, you feel sorrowful over them, after they have died.

   It was difficult mourning my sister's death, we were always together, I don't think i'll ever feel better, I loved her so much.

Related words

• mourning
• grieve