mourn
pronunciation
How to pronounce mourn in British English:
UK [mɔːn]
How to pronounce mourn in American English:
US [mɔːrn]
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- Verb:
- feel sadness
- observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one
Word Origin
- mourn (v.)
- Old English murnan "to mourn, bemoan, long after," also "be anxious about, be careful" (class III strong verb; past tense mearn, past participle murnen), from Proto-Germanic *murnan "to remember sorrowfully" (cognates: Old Saxon mornon, Old High German mornen, Gothic maurnan "to mourn," Old Norse morna "to pine away"), probably from PIE root *(s)mer- "to remember" (see memory); or, if the Old Norse sense is the base one, from *mer- "to die, wither." Related: Mourned; mourning.
Example
- 1. Shia muslims in iran mourn the death of their imam hussain .
- 2. Hundreds of thousands of lithuanians jammed the procession route to mourn their national heroes .
- 3. If animals sent to war had no choice , why mourn only the allied ones ?
- 4. Some must mourn its passing .
- 5. If this era is over , few will mourn its passing .