mourner (redirected from mourners)

mourn  (môrn, mrn)

v. mourned, mourn·ing, mourns

v.intr.

1. To feel or express grief or sorrow. See Synonyms at grieve.

2. To show grief for a death by conventional signs, as by wearing black clothes.

3. To make a low, indistinct, mournful sound. Used especially of a dove.

v.tr.

1. To feel or express deep regret for: mourned the wasted years.

2. To grieve over (someone who has died).

3. To utter sorrowfully.

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[Middle English mournen, from Old English murnan; see (s)mer-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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mourner n.

mourning·ly adv.

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mourner [ˈmɔːnə]

n

1. a person who mourns, esp at a funeral

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (at US revivalist meetings) a person who repents publicly

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mourner - a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) griever, lamenter, sorrower unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune pallbearer, bearer - one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral wailer - a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries weeper - a hired mourner

Translations

mourner [ˈmɔːnəʳ] N → doliente mf; (hired) → plañidero/a m/f

mourner [ˈmɔː^rnə^r] n (at funeral) → proche m/f du défunt

mourner

n → Trauernde(r) mf; (= non-relative at funeral) → Trauergast m

mourner [ˈmɔːnəʳ] n → chi piange un defunto

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mourner [ˈmɔːnəʳ] n → chi piange un defunto