different between reverent vs mourn

English

Etymology

From Middle French révérent, from Old French [Term?], from Latin reverens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v??nt/

Adjective

reverent (comparative more reverent, superlative most reverent)

1. Showing or characterized by great respect or reverence; respectful.
   • 1903, Mark Twain, A New Crime, Library of Alexandria (?ISBN)

     Hackett was a vain, wealthy, violent gentleman, who held his blood and family in high esteem, and believed that a reverent respect was due to his great riches.

   Synonym: reverential

   Antonyms: irreverent, unreverent

Derived terms

• reverently
• reverentness
• unreverent

Related terms

• irreverent
• revere
• reverence
• reverential

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin reverens.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r?.v???ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r?.b???en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.ve??ent/

Adjective

reverent (masculine and feminine plural reverents)

1. reverent

   Synonym: reverencial

   Antonym: irreverent

Derived terms

• reverentment

Related terms

• irreverent
• reverència
• reverir

Further reading

• “reverent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “reverent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “reverent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “reverent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

English

Alternative forms

• morne (14th - 15th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnan?. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: môrn, IPA^(key): /m??n/; (rare) enPR: mo?orn, IPA^(key): /m??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: môn, IPA^(key): /m??n/; (rare) enPR: mo?orn, IPA^(key): /m??n/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: m?rn, IPA^(key): /mo(?)?n/; (rare) enPR: mo?orn, IPA^(key): /m??n/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /mo?n/; (rare) enPR: mo?orn, IPA^(key): /m??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n
• Homophones: morne, mourne; morn (accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

mourn (third-person singular simple present mourns, present participle mourning, simple past and past participle mourned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

   • Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

2. (transitive) To utter in a sorrowful manner.
3. (intransitive) To wear mourning.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

mourn (countable and uncountable, plural mourns)

1. (now literary) Sorrow, grief.
2. A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

See also

Anagrams

• Munro, munro