mourn

pleurer, déplorer

Éprouver une profonde tristesse parce qu’une personne est morte.

En anglais simple : To feel deep sadness because someone has died.

• She mourns her brother.
• They mourned their father for many years.
• He is still mourning the death of his wife.

Comment l'utiliser : mourn someone/something (We mourned the loss of our closest friend.); mourn for someone (She mourned for her husband.)

Synonymes : grieve

Expressions courantes : mourn someone, mourn a death, mourn for someone

déplorer, pleurer

Montrer sa tristesse face à un décès, une perte ou quelque chose qu’on n’a plus.

En anglais simple : To show sadness about a death, loss, or something you no longer have.

• The community mourned her passing.
• He mourned the loss of his childhood home.
• They openly mourn the end of their friendship.

Comment l'utiliser : mourn someone/something (She mourned the opportunities she had lost.)

Synonymes : lament, grieve over

Expressions courantes : mourn a loss, mourn someone’s passing, mourn the end

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Suivre les coutumes sociales qui rendent hommage à une personne décédée.

En anglais simple : To follow social customs that honour someone who has died.

• The family mourned for seven days.
• They wore black to mourn their queen.
• How long does this community traditionally mourn its dead?

Comment l'utiliser : mourn for a period of time (They mourned for forty days after the funeral.)

Synonymes : observe mourning

Expressions courantes : mourn for days, mourn in black, mourn the dead