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Antonyms for mourn

Grammar : Verb
Spell : mawrn, mohrn
Phonetic Transcription : mɔrn, moʊrn

Definition of mourn

Origin :
  • Old English murnan "to mourn, bemoan, long after," also "be anxious about, be careful" (class III strong verb; past tense mearn, past participle murnen), from Proto-Germanic *murnan "to remember sorrowfully" (cf. Old Saxon mornon, Old High German mornen, Gothic maurnan "to mourn," Old Norse morna "to pine away"), probably from PIE root *(s)mer- "to remember" (see memory); or, if the Old Norse sense is the base one, from *mer- "to die, wither." Related: Mourned; mourning.
  • verb be sad over loss
Example sentences :
  • Then the other birds of the greenwood came to mourn over their dead friend.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • She had left behind her something which was very fine and beautiful; but she could not mourn.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • You know it is a capital crime, to mourn for, or sympathise with, a victim of the Guillotine.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Even to this day they mourn for him and tremble at the least breeze from heaven.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • The Sermon on the Mount promises the kingdom to the poor and them that mourn.
  • Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
  • And our hearts ache for his people, for they mourn as those who have no hope.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • I trust you will not mourn too heavily for him, or allow his death to stop your life.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • How terrible if she were left in the shelter of a home to mourn unchecked.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • But of course she wasn't; youth will ever misprize till it must mourn its blessings.
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • "And many's the poor soul has to mourn it—long and bitterly," the Colonel said.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

Synonyms for mourn

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