mourn+for

  • 21mourn — verb (I, T) 1 to feel very sad because someone that you love has died, and show this in the way you behave: mourn sb s death/loss: She still mourns her son s death. (+ for): They mourned for their children, killed in the war. 2 to feel very sad… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22mourn — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English murnan; akin to Old High German mornēn to mourn, Greek mermēra care more at memory Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to feel or express grief or sorrow 2. to show the customary signs… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23mourn — [[t]mɔrn, moʊrn[/t]] v. i. 1) to feel or express sorrow or grief 2) to grieve for the dead 3) to show the conventional signs of sorrow over a person s death 4) to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted);… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24Mourn —    Frequent references are found in Scripture to,    1) Mourning for the dead. Abraham mourned for Sarah (Gen. 23:2); Jacob for Joseph (37:34, 35); the Egyptians for Jacob (50:3 10); Israel for Aaron (Num. 20:29), for Moses (Deut. 34:8), and for… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 25grieve for — mourn for, lament, bewail, bemoan, weep for …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 26mourn — verb 1) Isobel mourned her husband Syn: grieve for, sorrow over, lament for, weep for 2) he mourned the loss of the beautiful buildings Syn: deplore, bewail, bemoan, rue, regret …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 27mourn — v. 1 tr. & (foll. by for) intr. feel or show deep sorrow or regret for (a dead person, a lost thing, a past event, etc.). 2 intr. show conventional signs of grief for a period after a person s death. Etymology: OE murnan …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 28mourn — 1. verb /mɔː(r)n/ To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). See Also: mourner, mournful, mourning 2. noun /mɔː(r)n/ …

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  • 29mourn — v 1. grieve, sorrow, lament, ache, suffer, eat one s heart out, be sad, be anguished, bewail, bemoan; weep for, be sorry for, deplore, regret, repine, rue, rue the day; yearn, languish, despair; break down, give way, melt into tears, cry one s… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 30mourn — /mawrn, mohrn/, v.i. 1. to feel or express sorrow or grief. 2. to grieve or lament for the dead. 3. to show the conventional or usual signs of sorrow over a person s death. v.t. 4. to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or… …

    Universalium