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Thesaurus: mourn

To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.

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  1. v. i. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.
  2. v. i. To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
  3. v. t. To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail.
  4. v. t. To utter in a mournful manner or voice.
  5. v. feel sadness
  6. v. observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one
  7. 1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. Gen. xxiii. 2. 2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner. We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood Shak. Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year. Pope. 1. To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail. As if he mourned his rival's ill success. Addison. And looking over the hills, I mourn The darling who shall not return. Emerson. 2. To utter in a mournful manner or voice. The lovelorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well. Milton. Syn. -- See Deplore.
  8. v:100 v. feel sadness v. observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one