Words / B2

MORN/mɔːn/

To mourn is to feel and show sadness for a death or a loss: mourn a person; mourn the passing of. Grieve is the close twin; miss is everyday (already in the dictionary). Name the person from the text. Noun: mourning. Mix-up: morning is the start of the day (already in the dictionary); moan is to complain. Do not write mourn for “complain about homework”.

Meaning

To feel and show sadness because someone has died or something is lost.

Examples

• “The poem’s speaker mourns a person; name them from the text.”
• “The town mourned the mill, which is the loss-of-a-thing sense.”

Good to know

mourn + person / loss; in mourning. Close: grieve. Trap: morning / moan. Literature, RS, and news. Grief, not 9 a.m. or a complaint.

Near in meaning

grieve

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