ˈmō(ə)rn, ˈmȯ(ə)rn, ˈmōən, ˈmȯ(ə)n verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English mournen, mornen, from Old English murnan; akin to Old High German mornēn to mourn, sorrow, Old Norse morna, Gothic maurnan to mourn, sorrow, Greek mermeros anxious — more at memory
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to be sorry : feel or express deep regret
announced his resignation and everybody mourned
b. archaic : to look or act unhappy : droop , pine
flowers … rejoice at the presence of the sun; and mourn at the absence thereof — Francis Bacon
cattle mourned for want of milkers — Samuel Purchas
2.
a. : to be sorrowful over a death : grieve
time is the great solace of those who mourn
a service which seems spoken by the dead man himself to those who mourn — Walter Besant & James Rice
b. : to exhibit the conventional signs of mourning ; especially : to wear black
grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year — Alexander Pope
3.
a. : to murmur mournfully — used especially of doves
b. dialect : moan
transitive verb
1. : to be distressed over : bewail , protest
led a funeral procession up … Fifth Avenue to mourn pogroms — Time
hairsplitting statesmen … may mourn the passing of our subjunctive — Weston La Barre
2. : to grieve for (someone who has died)
she was mourned by thousands of persons whose lives she had touched — A.J.Kennedy
3. : to utter mournfully
let the whirlwind mourn its requiem — W.S.Gilbert
Synonyms: see grieve