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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 pet's 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 town's 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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