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mourn

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mourn

1 to feel deep sadness or mental pain

  • we mourned for weeks after our beloved petʼs death
Synonyms of mourn

agonize, anguish, bleed, grieve, hurt, sorrow, suffer
Words Related to mourn

ache, long (for), pine (away), sigh, smart

rack, torment, torture

bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament, rue

bawl, blubber, cry, groan, howl, keen, moan, sob, take on, wail, weep, yammer, yowl

languish

regret
Phrases Synonymous with mourn

eat one's heart out, tear one's hair
Near Antonyms of mourn

beam, cheer, crow, delight, exult, glory, joy, laugh, ravish, rejoice, triumph

assure, cheer, comfort, commiserate, console, reassure, solace, soothe, sympathize

2 to feel or express sorrow for

  • an editorial that mourns the loss of the townʼs last movie theater
Synonyms of mourn

bemoan, bewail, deplore, grieve (for), lament, wail (for)
Words Related to mourn

elegize

cry (for), keen, moan, weep

regret, rue

bawl, blubber, sob

agonize, bleed, hurt, sorrow, suffer
Near Antonyms of mourn

beam, cheer, grin, laugh, smile
Antonyms of mourn

delight, exult (in), glory (in), joy, rejoice (in)

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