mourns

2 definitions • 4 examples

to feel or express great sadness, especially because of someone's death:

Queen Victoria mourned Prince Albert/Prince Albert's death for 40 years.

She was still mourning for her brother.

They mourned the passing of an older, simpler way of life (= felt sad because it had stopped existing).

to feel or express deep sadness, esp. because of someone’s death:

[ T ] Frank is mourning the death of his father.