mourn

B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

Also spelled mournin

US /mɔɹn/ UK /mɔːn/ See IPA manual

Freq #10017

Meanings

1

verb
To feel and show deep sadness, especially because someone has died.

For two months, she mourned her father's death.
2

verb
To feel sad about the loss or end of something.

Many fans mourned the closing of the old cinema.

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1 verb · to feel and show deep... grieve lament

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Forms mournedmourns

Derived forms bemournmourner mournful mourningmourninglymournsomeovermournremournunmournedunmourning

Related forms grieve lament sorrow

Etymology

From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

*(s)mer- (remember) Proto-Indo-European mornen Middle English murnan Old English *murnaną Proto-Germanic

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# mourn

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /mɔɹn/
**IPA (UK):** /mɔːn/
**Frequency rank:** 10017

## Meanings
1. To feel and show deep sadness, especially because someone has died.
2. To feel sad about the loss or end of something.

## Examples
- For two months, she mourned her father's death.
- Many fans mourned the closing of the old cinema.

## Derived Forms
- bemourn
- mourner
- mournful
- mourning
- mourningly
- mournsome
- overmourn
- remourn
- unmourned
- unmourning

## Related Forms
- grieve
- lament
- sorrow

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)mer- (remember)
- Root: mornen
- Root: murnan
- Root: *murnaną

## Etymology
From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

## AI Etymology
Mourn comes from Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”). In present-day English its meanings include to feel and show deep sadness, especially because someone has died and to feel sad about the loss or end of something. The historical chain runs through *(s)mer- (remember) (Proto-Indo-European), mornen (Middle English), murnan (Old English), and *murnaną (Proto-Germanic). Related and derived forms include grieve, lament, sorrow, and bemourn.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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