mourne

Noun

morne (plural mornes)

1. The blunt head of a jousting-lance.
2. A small, rounded hill.

Verb

mourn (third-person singular simple present mourns, present participle mourning, simple past and past participle mourned)

1. (ambitransitive) To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
   • For two months, she mourned her father's passing.

   Synonyms:

   grieve, lament, weep, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, darken, engrieve, erme, gloom

2. (ambitransitive) 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.
3. (transitive) To utter in a sorrowful manner.
4. (intransitive) To wear mourning.

See all 6 meanings of mourn