MOURNS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

mourns

verb

present tense third-person singular of mourn

as in grieves

to feel deep sadness or mental pain we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death

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as in laments

to feel or express sorrow for an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater

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Recent Examples of mourns The flag will be flown at half-staff at Parliament for three days as the country mourns. — Alexandra Bacallao, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026 As local law enforcement mourns McKnight, his young family is left reeling. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 As Kelly mourns the loss of her dad, TMZ also reported that DJ and keyboardist Wilson was tossed from Slipknot after a 28-year run with the group. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026 As the community mourns the teenager, his death has also fueled calls for better access to mental health resources for young people. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 Family mourns loss of youngest son Nacato's mother, Norma Jami, told CBS News New York she was shattered after losing her youngest son. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 29 July 2026 Batty, having reached the end of his four-year life cycle (and subsequent run from the law as a fugitive of planet Earth), recalls his journeys through space and mourns these memories being lost more than his own death. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 24 July 2026 Take the quiz here … LISTEN Tune in as Washington mourns the sudden passing of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. — FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 The passage echoes Whitehead’s response to 9/11, as Carney mourns the neighborhood that the Twin Towers would supplant. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

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My heart grieves for someone so special to this world and such a good friend to me.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
As Fortune’s family grieves, the local community is demanding answers, with some pointing to the state’s history of racial injustice and violence.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026

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Goodman laments the dissolution of the Creative Alliance and the incendiary action of its former participants.

— Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
This prescient issue is buried in a recent, must-read Free Press article by Niall Ferguson and John-Clark Levin that laments the growing impotence of the old-fashioned historian in the face of bots and algorithmic amplifications.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

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