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mourn
(môrn)v. mourned, mourn·ing, mourns
v.intr.
1. To feel or express grief or sorrow. See Synonyms at grieve.
2. To show grief for a death by conventional signs, as by wearing black clothes.
3. To make a low, indistinct, mournful sound. Used especially of a dove.
v.tr.
1. To feel or express deep regret for: mourned the wasted years.
2. To grieve over (someone who has died).
3. To utter sorrowfully.
[Middle English mornen, from Old English murnan, to be anxious, care about, yearn, mourn; see (s)mer- in Indo-European roots.]
mourn′er n.
mourn′ing·ly adv.
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mourn
(mɔːn)vb
1. to feel or express sadness for the death or loss of (someone or something)
2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (intr) to observe the customs of mourning, as by wearing black
3. (tr) to grieve over (loss or misfortune)
[Old English murnan; compare Old High German mornēn to be troubled, Gothic maurnan to grieve, Greek mermeros worried]
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mourn
(mɔrn, moʊrn)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.
v.t. 4. to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
5. to grieve or lament over (the dead).
6. to utter in a sorrowful manner.
[before 900; Middle English mo(u)rnen, Old English murnan; c. Old Saxon mornan, mornian, Old High German mornēn to mourn, Old Norse morna to pine for]
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mourn
Past participle: mourned
Gerund: mourning
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| Verb | 1. | mourn - feel sadness; "She is mourning her dead child" |
| 2. | mourn - observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one |
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mourn
verb
1. (often with for) grieve for, miss, lament, keen for, weep for, sorrow for, wail for, wear black for She still mourned her father.
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mourn
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَنوحُ على، يَتَفَجَّع على، يَنْدُب
oplakávattruchlit
sørge
surra
gyászolmeggyászol
syrgja
gedėtigedulasgedulingaigedulo rūbailaidotuvių dalyvis
apraudātsērot
trúchliť
žalovati
sörja
yas tutmak
mourn
[mɔːn]A. VT [+ person] (= grieve for) → llorar (la muerte de); (= be in mourning for) → estar de luto or duelo por; [+ death, loss] → lamentar, sentir
Conservatives mourn the passing of family values → los conservadores se lamentan de la desaparición de los valores familiares
Conservatives mourn the passing of family values → los conservadores se lamentan de la desaparición de los valores familiares
B. VI (= be in mourning) → estar de luto or duelo
when a relative dies one needs time to mourn (= grieve) → cuando un pariente muere se necesita tiempo para llorarlo or llorar su muerte
to mourn for sb → llorar a algn, llorar la muerte de algn
it is no use mourning for what might have been → no sirve de nada lamentarse por lo que podría haber sido
he was mourning over his lost love → lloraba por su amor perdido
when a relative dies one needs time to mourn (= grieve) → cuando un pariente muere se necesita tiempo para llorarlo or llorar su muerte
to mourn for sb → llorar a algn, llorar la muerte de algn
it is no use mourning for what might have been → no sirve de nada lamentarse por lo que podría haber sido
he was mourning over his lost love → lloraba por su amor perdido
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mourn
[ˈmɔːrn] vt
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mourn
vt person → trauern um, betrauern; sb’s death → beklagen, betrauern; (with wailing) → beklagen; (fig) → nachtrauern (+dat); who is she mourning? → um wen trauert sie?; (= wear mourning for) → warum trägt sie Trauer?; he is still mourning the break-up of his relationship → er trauert noch immer über das Ende seiner Beziehung; what is to become of us?, she mourned → was soll aus uns werden?, klagte sie
vi → trauern; (= wear mourning) → Trauer tragen, in Trauer gehen; to mourn for or over somebody → um jdn trauern, jds Tod (acc) → betrauern; to mourn for or over something → einer Sache (dat) → nachtrauern
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mourn
(moːn) verb to have or show great sorrow eg for a person who has died. She mourned (for) her dead son.
ˈmourner nounThe mourners stood round the graveside.
ˈmournful adjective feeling or showing sorrow. a mournful expression.
ˈmournfully adverbˈmourning noun
1. grief shown eg because of someone's death.
2. black or dark-coloured clothes suitable for a mourner. She was wearing mourning.
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mourn
v. estar de duelo; guardar luto.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
mourn
vt, vi lamentar, llevar luto (por alguien)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.