mourned; mourning; mourns
1
: to feel or express grief or sorrow
When he dies, people throughout the world will mourn.
—often used with forthousands mourned for him
2
: to show the customary signs of grief for a death
3
: to murmur mournfully
—used especially of doves
1
: to feel or express grief or sorrow for
mourned the death of his son
mourning the loss of their youth
2
: to utter mournfully
… let the whirlwind mourn its requiem!—
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mourner
noun
Examples of mourn in a Sentence
She is still mourning her husband, who died last year.
Thousands of people mourned his death.
She was mourned by everyone who knew her.
She mourned the loss of her youth.
He still mourns the fact that he never went to college.
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Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Wiz Khalifa is mourning the loss of his father.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2026
From there, Saoirse and her two lifelong friends head home to mourn the premature passing of their former classmate.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2026
Hollywood is in mourning once again after the news broke that Dawson’s Creek alum James Van Der Beek died Wednesday morning.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Mourn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mourn. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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mourn
verb
ˈmō(ə)rn 
ˈmȯ(ə)rn
1
: to feel or show grief or sorrow especially over someone's death
2
: to display the customary signs of grief for a death especially by wearing mourning
mourner
noun
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