MOURN
What does "MOURN" mean?
To feel or express deep sorrow, especially over a death or loss.
Meanings
- To grieve over the death of someone. The whole town came out to mourn the old schoolteacher.
- To feel or show sorrow over any loss or regrettable change. Many still mourn the quiet streets the new highway erased.
Word origin
From Old English 'murnan', 'to feel or express grief, be anxious', from Proto-Germanic 'murnan'; related to the idea of remembering and caring.
Remember it
MOURN starts with 'MO' like 'morning' loses its E - and mourning often feels like a morning you can't quite wake into.
A little poem
His coat on the hook-
the house keeps a shape for him
the way grief keeps one.
haiku
What it teaches
We mourn in the measure that we loved; the ache is just attention with nowhere left to go.
Quick facts
What does MOURN mean?
To feel or express deep sorrow, especially over a death or loss.
Is MOURN a valid word?
Yes — MOURN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MOURN?
MOURN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does MOURN come from?
From Old English 'murnan', 'to feel or express grief, be anxious', from Proto-Germanic 'murnan'; related to the idea of remembering and caring.
What can MOURN teach us?
We mourn in the measure that we loved; the ache is just attention with nowhere left to go.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.