Past tense of mourn
regular verb
The past tense of mourn is mourned. The past participle is also mourned.
Forms of mourn
| Base form (V1) | mourn /mɔɹn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mourned |
| Past participle (V3) | mourned |
| Present participle | mourning /ˈmoɹnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | mourns |
Mourned in a sentence
- For two months, she mourned her father's passing.
- She mourned the loss of her independence.
- Everyone has to work, they mourned, and that takes its toll.2023 September 20, Lucy Ford, “How pop-music's hustle culture anthem was made redundant”, in GQ. From the entry grind
- Yesterday the local entertainment industry mourned the loss of two stalwarts, veteran masman McDonald “Mac” Ward and comedian Peter Joseph.2017 December 22, Shane Superville, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. From the entry masman
- Strange acknowledged the dangers of wingsuit BASE jumping on his social media accounts and mourned the deaths of fellow jumpers.2015 October 2, Veronica Rocha, “BASE jumper Johnny Strange dies in wingsuit jump in Swiss Alps”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the…. From the entry base jumping
Meaning of mourn
- verb To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
- verb To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.
- verb To utter in a sorrowful manner.
Questions about the past tense of mourn
- What is the past tense of mourn?
- The past tense of mourn is mourned.
- What is the past participle of mourn?
- The past participle of mourn is mourned.
- Is mourn a regular or irregular verb?
- Mourn is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mourn (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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