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Synonyms of mourn

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Another word for mourn is regret. Other synonyms of mourn are sorrow, sigh, lament, pine and grieve.

Synonyms and similar words for mourn

verbTo express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

  • grieveTo feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
  • lamentTo express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
  • weep
  • besorrowTo sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad.
  • darkenTo become gloomy, darker in mood.
  • gloomTo look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
  • grievenTo make or become grievous or grief-stricken; to fill or be filled with grief.
  • bleed
  • moan poeticTo grieve.
  • remorseTo experience remorse or sorrow; to regret.
  • repent
  • regretTo feel sorry about (any thing).
  • sighTo lament; to grieve.
  • sorrowTo feel or express grief.
  • afterthink
  • becryTo cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
  • bemoanTo moan or complain about (something).
  • bewailTo wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
  • beweepTo weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
  • condole IndiaTo express deep sorrow; to grieve, to lament.
  • deploreTo bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
  • elegizeTo lament, as if in an elegy.
  • keenTo mourn.
  • mean Ireland, UKTo lament.
  • pineTo grieve or mourn for.
  • wailTo lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
  • aggrieve obsoleteTo grieve; to lament.
  • engrieve archaicTo grieve.
  • erme obsoleteTo grieve; to feel sad.
  • rue archaicTo feel sorrow or regret.
  • wayment obsoleteTo lament.
  • yearn obsoleteTo be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn.
  • begrieve archaic, rareTo grieve over or about.
  • bemourn rareTo weep or mourn over.

nounSorrow, grief.

  • dejectionA state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
  • bluenessMelancholy.
  • tristesse literarySadness.
  • mirthlessLacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
  • bluesA feeling of sadness or depression.
  • crestfallennessThe quality of being crestfallen.
  • depressionA state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future...
  • despondencyA feeling of depression or disheartenment.
  • distress
  • dolefulnessThe characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
  • downheartednessThe characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
  • forlornnessThe state or characteristic of being forlorn; sadness; loneliness.
  • griefEmotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or...
  • ill-beingThe state of being ill, unhealthy, or unhappy; misery; miserableness.
  • infelicity
  • melancholiaDeep sadness or gloom; melancholy.
  • melancholyGreat sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
  • miseryGreat unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
  • sadness
  • sorrowfulnessThe quality or state of sorrow; sadness.
  • tristfulnessSadness; sorrow; melancholy.
  • undelightThe condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure.
  • unhappinessThe feeling of not being happy.
  • woeGreat sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
  • woefareDiscontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.
  • wretchednessAn unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
  • drearihead obsoleteSadness; dreariness.
  • heartsore rareHeartache, misery, grief.
  • mishappiness obsoleteUnhappiness; wretchedness; misery.
  • prosternation obsoleteDejection; depression.
  • ruth obsoleteDistress, misery, sorrow.

Meaning of mourn

  1. verb To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
  2. verb To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.
  3. verb To utter in a sorrowful manner.

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Questions about synonyms of mourn

What is another word for mourn?
Mourn has 65 synonyms on Word.ws, such as regret, sorrow, sigh, lament, pine, grieve, gloom and keen.
What does mourn mean?
Mourn means to express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mourn (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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