mourn

mourn for (one)

To experience grief over one's death. Don't mourn for me, sweetheart—I've lived a good, long life, and now it is my time to go. She was still mourning for her husband when her mother passed away from a stroke.
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mourn over (someone or something)

To experience grief over the death of a person or animal. Don't mourn over me, sweetheart—I've lived a long, happy life, and now it is my time to go. She was still mourning over her husband when her mother suddenly passed away from a stroke.
See also: mourn, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

mourn for someone or something

 and mourn over someone or something
to grieve for someone or something. Everyone will mourn for you when you go. We all mourned over the end of the holiday. There is no point in mourning over your cat. It won't come back.
See also: mourn
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • mourn for
  • mourn for (one)
  • mourning
  • mourn over (someone or something)
  • good grief
  • Good grief!
  • sweetheart
  • grief
  • come to grief
  • come to grief, to
References in periodicals archive
The curse of Cain, of guilt and alienation, is broken when Sethe can mourn and when she can tell the tale with moral imagination and, thereby, find a truth different than the master's truth.
'Sula' and 'Beloved': images of Cain in the novels of Toni Morrison
-- HRH the Crown Prince mourns late Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and says he was a great leader who contributed effectively to issues of security and peace.
Bahrain press review
Rather than mourn, the pope appoints a trio of lords to rein in those galling daughters of Eve, the nuns who dare to take the Gospels seriously, thinking they focus mostly on service rather than control.
Hierarchy's inability to mourn harms all in church
"A spiritually deadened person mourns over things that should bring celebration--and often celebrates things that should be mourned." He notes the biblical account: "As Jesus drew closer to Jerusalem, with the crowd's worship and praise ringing in his ears, he did a curious thing.
In practice. (spirituality cafe)
I mourn the loss of simple pleasures that I once took for granted.
Good mourning
We cannot know all of the practical and soulful implications of what is happening in this western diocese, and yet we mourn for each and every Anglican parishioner whose heartstrings have been pulled by these events.
Cariboo, 1914-2001
'The nation mourns and joins the families and friends of our fallen heroes in their moment of sorrow,' it added.
Palace declares June 13-16 as 'days of national mourning'
Kutcher has turned up fascinating hints that many officials wanted to be ordered not to take leave but to mourn at their posts--a prestigious indication that they could not be spared and a reprieve from a risky sabbatical from being in the loop and on the ladder.
Mourning in Late Imperial China: Filial Piety and the State
To grieve with the queen, then, was to mourn the death of the king's body owing to a wounding of the body politic.
Female Complaintes: Laments of Venus, Queens, and City Women in Late Sixteenth-Century France [*]
Scripture is the source of the mourning/joy paradox: "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted" (Matt.
The importance of being sorry
In Homer's narrative Achilles mourns Patroclus as a peer, and the obligation to mourn does not extend outside the circle of male warrior aristocrats.
Re-membering America: Phyllis Wheatley's intertextual epic
What is more helpful is to encourage the person to mourn slowly and steadily, and to be there constantly for the person by encouraging him or her to freely talk about the departed loved one.
'How are you?'-What not to say to friends in grief
The participants mourned the great sacrifices of Hazarat Imam Hussain and his companions in Karbala.
Chehlum Hazarat Imam Hussain (AS) observed in Thatta
Summary: New Delhi (India), Aug 16 (ANI): As the country mourns the death of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Central Government has announced a seven-day state mourning throughout the country.
Vajpayee's funeral to take place at Smriti Sthal tomorrow
A statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Thursday, gave a list of killings under PDP which it said the party never mourned.
Presidency releases 'checklist' on killings under PDP