mourn
/mɔɹn/ verb B1- To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). · For two months, she mourned her father's passing.· She mourned the loss of her independence.
- To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially. · In that society, a spouse is mourned for one year, a parent for six months.
- To utter in a sorrowful manner.
- To wear mourning.
He/she/it mourns · Past mourned · Past participle mourned · -ing form mourning
Verb forms
- Base form
- mourn
- He/she/it
- mourns
- Past
- mourned
- Past participle
- mourned
- -ing form
- mourning
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“On the rubbish heap by the stables, mourning for Nag.
“Just think of all the fun you will miss,” mourned Diana.
“Diana might just have smiled at me once, I think,” she mourned to Marilla that night.
“But it’s such a very special occasion,” mourned Anne, on the verge of tears.
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