MOURN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for MOURN?

Need another word that means the same as “mourn”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “mourn” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Mourn” are: grieve for, sorrow over, lament for, weep for, shed tears for, shed tears over, keen over, wail over, deplore, bewail, bemoan, rue, regret, sigh over

Mourn as a Verb

Definitions of "Mourn" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mourn” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Feel regret or sadness about (the loss or disappearance of something.
• Feel or show sorrow for the death of (someone), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes.
• Observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one.
• Feel sadness.

Synonyms of "Mourn" as a verb (14 Words)

bemoan	Regret strongly. It was no use bemoaning her lot.
bewail	Express great regret, sadness, or disappointment about (something. Men will bewail the loss of earlier freedoms.
deplore	Regret strongly. I deplore this hostile action.
grieve for	Feel grief.
keen over	Express grief verbally.
lament for	Express grief verbally.
regret	Express with regret. She immediately regretted her words.
rue	Bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone. She might live to rue this impetuous decision.
shed tears for	Get rid of.
shed tears over	Get rid of.
sigh over	Utter with a sigh.
sorrow over	Feel grief.
wail over	Cry weakly or softly.
weep for	Shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain.

Usage Examples of "Mourn" as a verb

• Publishers mourned declining sales of hardback fiction.
• She is mourning her dead child.
• Isobel mourned her husband.
• She mourned for her friends who died in the accident.

Associations of "Mourn" (30 Words)

alas	By bad luck. Alas I cannot stay.
bemoan	Regret strongly. It was no use bemoaning her lot.
deplorable	Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure. Deplorable housing conditions in the inner city.
deplore	Regret strongly. We deplore all violence.
dirge	A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, miserable, or boring. Singers chanted dirges.
doleful	Causing grief or misfortune. The child s doleful expression.
elegy	(in Greek and Latin verse) a poem written in elegiac couplets, as notably by Catullus and Propertius.
grief	Something that causes great unhappiness. We were too tired to cause any grief.
grieve	Cause great distress to (someone. It grieves me to think of you in that house alone.
horrible	Provoking horror- Winston Churchill. War is beyond all words horrible.
howl	Make a howling sound. Their howling had no effect.
jeremiad	A long and mournful complaint. A jeremiad against any form of government.
lament	A mournful poem a lament for the dead. His mother s night long laments for his father.
lamentation	The passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping. Scenes of lamentation.
maudlin	Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental. A maudlin jukebox tune.
moan	Make a sound resembling a human moan. Help me I moaned.
mournful	Expressing sorrow. Her large mournful eyes.
mourning	State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one. She s still in mourning after the death of her husband.
plaintive	Expressing sorrow. A plaintive cry.
requiem	A musical composition setting parts of a requiem Mass or of a similar character. The musical tradition of the requiem mass has inspired imitation.
sad	Of things that make you feel sad Christina Rossetti. The show is tongue in cheek anyone who takes it seriously is a bit sad.
sadly	With sadness; in a sad manner. His schemes went sadly awry.
sadness	The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness. It is one of life s sadnesses.
sorrow	An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. He drank to drown his sorrows.
sorry	Feeling regret or penitence. He looks a sorry sight with his broken jaw.
threnody	A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. A brooding threnody to urban desolation.
tragic	Very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction. The fact that they are so loved up reminds me just how spectacularly tragic my life is.
wail	Utter a wail. The wail of an air raid siren.
weep	A fit or period of weeping. Sit down and have a weep.
whimper	A whimpering sound. He s not dead is he she whimpered.