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mournest

mournest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of mourn.

Meaning of mourn

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.
  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

Origin of mournest

mourn + -est

Questions about mournest

What is mournest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mournest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of mourn.

Words near mournest in the dictionary

  1. mourneress
  2. mourneresses
  3. mourners
  4. mourners' bench
  5. mournes
  6. mournest
  7. mourneth
  8. mournful
  9. mournfulest
  10. mournfull
  11. mournfuller

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