What is another word for mourner?

Pronunciation: [mˈɔːnə] (IPA)

The word "mourner" is commonly used to describe someone who is grieving the loss of a loved one. However, there are several other synonyms that can be used to convey the same meaning. Some of the synonyms include griever, lamentator, sad person, sorrower, and weeper. Each of these words represents a different angle of grief, from expressing overwhelming sadness to private mourning. The word choice when describing someone who is mourning depends on the tone of the situation. It is important to use the most fitting synonym for the context in order to accurately convey the emotional state of the individual.

What are the hypernyms for Mourner?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Mourner

With the sadness of a funeral mourner Barrill was pushed along.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Strafford had no truer mourner than she, unless, indeed, it were her husband.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
She had no truer mourner than the Queen of England, who hastened to associate herself with the sorrowing community.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes

Famous quotes with Mourner

  • What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.
    James Russell Lowell
  • Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.
    Olin Miller
  • There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.
    Jean Paul
  • My tears, O Ryno! are for the dead; my voice for those that have passed away. Tall thou art on the hill; fair among the sons of the vale. But thou shalt fall like Morar; the mourner shall sit on thy tomb. The hills shall know thee no more; thy bow shall lie in thy hall, unstrung! Thou wert swift, O Morar! as a roe on the desert; terrible as a meteor of fire. Thy wrath was as the storm. Thy sword in battle, as lightning in the field. Thy voice was a stream after rain; like thunder on distant hills. Many fell by thy arm; they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow! Thy face was like the sun after rain; like the moon in the silence of night; calm as the breast of the lake when the loud wind is laid. Narrow is thy dwelling now! dark the place of thine abode! With three steps I compass thy grave, O thou who wast so great before. Four stones, with their heads of moss, are the only memorial of thee. A tree with scarce a leaf, long grass, which whistles in the wind, mark to the hunter's eye the grave of the mighty Morar.
    James Macpherson
  • I hear voices, see smiles. I cannot Write anythingWas I born to become a ritual mourner?Leave To poets a moment of happiness, Otherwise your world will perish.
    Czesław Miłosz

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